THE UK has been issued with a new health warning after experts said mosquitos carrying deadly viruses are believed to have entered the country and could already be circulating.
The Asian tiger mosquito, whose bite can pass on 23 infections such as West Nile virus and dengue fever, are also believed to be circulating.A spokesman for the Government's Health Protection Agency warned:"We think it is very likely that they are already here.
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