‘Increasing risk’ of tropical infections as new blood donor monitoring launched

Mosquitos that can spread West Nile virus have been recently detected in the south of England (Alamy/PA) -

Health experts have warned of the “increasing risk” of some tropical infections in the UK as they launched a new way to monitor donated blood for viruses.

Concerns have been raised that some diseases that are not currently present in the UK could pose a threat in the future due to climate change.