‘Brexit virus’: 1,000s of Britons getting hepatitis from EU-imported pork
Tens of thousands of Britons are being infected with a potentially life-threatening virus by pork imported from the EU, according to doctors. The number of people affected by the HEV virus, dubbed the ‘Brexit virus’, tripled between 2010 and 2015, according to Public Health England. Although it tends to induce flu-like symptoms, the number of people experiencing serious illnesses rose from 368 in 2010 to 1,244 in 2016. “The number of HEV cases tripled from 2010 to 2015… with a trend towards more severe and prolonged illness,” said scientists from Public Health England in a paper. The deadly strain...
Tens of thousands of Britons are being infected with a potentially life-threatening virus by pork imported from the EU, according to doctors. The number of people affected by the HEV virus, dubbed the ‘Brexit virus’, tripled between 2010 and...
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