Is the Zika virus getting into Britain on CAR TYRES?
MOSQUITOES carrying the terrifying virus have been spotted in the British countryside.
By BECKY FLETCHER
Express.co.uk
Thu, Jan 28, 2016
A top insect expert has warned that the Aedes Aegypti – the Zika virus carrying mosquito – are ALREADY in Britain.
Howard Carter, one of the UK’s leading bite protection experts, has claimed the mosquito has been sighted on the Kent Coast and in West Sussex.
He believes the insects – responsible for transmitting the virus – may have entered the country in the grooves of car tyres where the female mosquitoes lay their eggs.
Mr Carter also suggests that they also have the potential to arrive in Britain in stagnant water in container ships carrying coffee.
He said: “They are here already and I have seen them myself north of Chichester in West Sussex.
“I am aware of sightings on the Kent coast which have been reported to me so it is not a matter of if or when – they are here.”
While he believes they are here, he doesn’t think the mosquitoes are in great numbers – yet. But added: “But in my view it is only a matter of time before that becomes the case.”
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