Symptoms of lethal virus spreading in Europe and 'highly likely' to reach UK
dailyrecord.co.ukA kiler virus is spreading in Europe and experts warn it could reach the UK. The virus has been described as the current biggest threat to public health, after initially breaking out in Iraq and Namibia.
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), has already caused two deaths in Pakistan, and several cases have been reported in Spain.
Insiders speaking to Parliament's Science, Innovation and Technology Committee revealed last week that it was "highly likely" there could soon be cases in the UK, reports the Daily Mirror.At the hearing, James Wood, head of veterinary medicine at Cambridge University, said CCHF could make its way to the UK "through our ticks, at some point."The disease is caused by Nairovirus, a condition that is spread by ticks and according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and it has has a fatality rate ranging from 10 and 40 percent.
Usually the condition is found at small stages in Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and in Asia, reports the Express . However, the disease could be expanding out of its usual territories due to climate change, and moving towards the likes of UK and France.
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