| Heading: |
Mosquitos: Diseases |
| Question ID: |
1784554 |
| UIN: |
38284 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5167 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Gregor Poynton
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| Asking Member handle: |
gregorpoynton
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@gregorpoynton
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of adding (a) chikungunya, (b) dengue, (c) zika and (d) other mosquito-borne diseases onto the list of notifiable diseases published |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-25 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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| Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answer text: |
Dengue and chikungunya viruses are notifiable pathogens, so laboratories in England that test human samples must inform the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) if they are identified. The specific mosquito species that transmit these viruses is not establis... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |