Tuesday 18 July 2023

Deadly tickborne virus that’s spreading in Europe ‘likely to reach UK’

Deadly tickborne virus that’s spreading in Europe ‘likely to reach UK’ A virus with a fatality rate of 30 per cent that is spreading in Europe will almostly certainly reach the UK, an expert has warned.

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a disease caused by a tickborne virus, categorised as one of the nine “priority diseases” deemed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to “pose the greatest public health risk due to their epidemic potential”. The Independent

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