BREAKING: Two cases of Ebola-like virus Lassa Fever detected in England.
Two people in England have been diagnosed with Lassa Fever, a rare Ebola-like virus that is spread via rat faeces.
A third probable case connected to the same family is being investigated in the East of England, health officials said. It is the first confirmed cases of the serious disease in England in more than a decade and there have been only eight in total since 1980. The UK Health Security Agency, which is in charge of investigating the outbreak, stressed that human-to-human transmission is rare and most people make a full recovery.
It is believed the cases are among people who recently returned from west Africa, where the virus is endemic.Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at
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