General · 3 September 2026
Why Zika mosquitoes are breeding in London
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The UK Health Security Agency says public risk remains low and nobody has caught an infection from the insects yet. Health officials discovered the Aedes aegypti species, which usually lives in warmer climates, through a national surveillance scheme and destroyed the larvae. Experts warn that Britain's rapidly warming weather will make it easier for exotic bugs to survive here.
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