Deadly virus 'certain' to reach UK as experts warn it's a case of 'when and not if'
dailyrecord.co.ukA health expert has warned that a deadly virus is likely to spread to the UK, and more lockdowns will not be affective at stopping it.Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is currently sweeping through European countries, with new cases appearing every day.
And telling people to stay at home, shutting businesses and limiting social contact like the public did during the Covid-19 pandemic "won't be appropriate" in this case, the expert said.
Professor James Wood, who spoke to Parliament's Science, Innovation and Technology Committee last week, tonight told Mirror: "I mean, it's a kind of when rather than if, I think all in all likelihood.
There is a risk of spread given the way that diseases emerge."The expert stressed a lockdown will "not be appropriate in any way" to contain CCHF, which causes unpleasant rashes, neck pain and other painful symptoms.
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