Increasing antimicrobial resistance could lead to “at least” at least 10 million deaths the past five years and the problem could "kill us before climate change does”, the UK government’s outgoing chief medical advisor, Professor Dame Sally Davies told Sky News . She told Sky News the government had spent two years working with pharmaceutical companies to protect against medicine shortages due to Brexit, but said supply problems would not be ruled out. With 40% of the world's antibiotics currently given to farm animals, Dame Sally argued the Brussels "should not be importing beef or other animals where antibiotics have been misused”. The UK has made significant progress over the past five years , Dame Sally noted, cutting antibiotic use in animals by around 70% and by 91% in chickens.
Increasing antimicrobial resistance could lead to “at least” at least 10 million deaths the past five years and the problem could "kill us before climate change does”, the UK government’s outgoing chief medical advisor, Professor Dame Sally Davies told Sky News . With 40% of the world's antibiotics currently given to farm animals, Dame Sally argued the Brussels "should not be importing beef or other animals where antibiotics have been misused”. The UK has made significant progress over the past five years , Dame Sally noted, cutting antibiotic use in animals by around 70% and by 91% in chickens.