Health: Zika Virus

Debate between Lord Hunt of Chesterton and Lord Prior of Brampton

Thursday 4th February 2016 Lords Chamber

[Lord Prior of Brampton]

My Lords, one of the problems of this illness is that four out of five people are asymptomatic—they have no symptoms. For many of the others, the symptoms are such that it is a very light cold or light flu. That is one of the problems with this illness.

[Lord Hunt of Chesterton (Lab)]

With the Olympic Games coming up, are particular precautions being considered and are you in contact with the organisations dealing with travel to the Games?

[Lord Prior of Brampton]

Comprehensive travel advice is on a number of different websites. The Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists have been notified and the information has been cascaded down, so I think that there will be enough travel advice as we near the Olympics.