BBC: Scabies infections on the rise in Britain | News in brief

The scabies mite is now spreading rapidly in Britain, country the BBC tells.

Chairman of the RCGP, the British Medical Association Kamila Hawthorne According to

According to Hawthorne, scabies, which is transmitted through skin contact or textiles, is currently spreading especially in the north of England.

Last winter, scabies also spread widely in different parts of Finland and became a big topic of conversation in Finland.

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