Britain is vulnerable to epidemics , such as Ebola , due to a huge hole in the country 's infrastructure and capacity to manufacture medicines to protect its people , the Science and Technology are increasing today . This follows the UK Government 's response to the plague outbreak which revealed a " systemic delay " and comes as reports indicate that cases of the Zika Virus have been found in the UK ; while this virus is mainly spread by mosquitoes , it can be passed through sexual intercourse , as well as from mother to foetus , which , as we previously noted , experts are linking to microcephaly .
Britain is vulnerable to epidemics, such as Ebola, due to a huge hole in the country's ability and capacity to manufacture vaccines to protect its people, the Science and Technology Committee said today. This follows the UK Government's response to the Ebola outbreak which revealed a "systemic delay" and comes as reports reveal that cases of the Zika Virus have been found in the UK; while this virus is mainly spread by mosquitoes, it can be passed through sexual intercourse, as well as from mother to foetus, which, as we previously noted, experts are linking to microcephaly.