Mark Booth, a senior lecturer in Parasite Epidemiology at Newcastle University, has raised concerns
A health expert has issued a stark warning that the 10 million visitors in Paris this summer could inadvertently trigger a 'super-spreader event', carrying a deadly virus back to the UK.
In an article for The Conversation, Mark Booth highlighted the French government's awareness and proactive measures. He wrote: "The French government knows there is a risk of dengue. In Paris, hundreds of sites are being regularly checked for the presence of the dengue-carrying mosquitoes.
"For the Paris Olympics to become a super-spreader event, several factors must overlap. There needs to be enough mosquitoes, enough susceptible and already-infected people, enough time and enough mosquito bites," he added. "Within the time frame of the Olympics, an infected athlete or spectator could be bitten once by a mosquito and seed an epidemic in a week or so," he revealed.
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