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About 1 in 20 people who become infected with dengue will become seriously ill, suffering shock, internal bleeding, organ impairment or respiratory failure.

Since 2022, 14 people have become infected with H5N1, with 10 of these cases resulting from exposure to poultry and the rest from dairy cows.

West Nile virus is transmitted to birds through the bite of an infected mosquito; a mosquito that feeds on an infected bird can then become infected with the virus.

She said they had become infected with groupthink – no-one was challenging the orthodoxy.

The researcher warned that "in fact, there are already cases in which there are no effective treatments for people who become infected with multi-resistant bacteria. It is important to drive forward research in order to minimise the problem or to start to look for solutions in the short to medium term."