SOMALIAN ASYLUM SEEKER BRINGS DRUG RESISTANT TB INTO UK

There is NO doubt that Great Britain is under attack - attack from microorganisms that have accessed the country via rampant immigration and the surge of asylum seekers. Recently Gordon Brown stated that the greatest threat to the UK could be a pandemic- but what he did not say is that pandemic may very well BEGIN in Great Britain.

It has already been discovered that London is a hotbed for TB: "A leading TB consultant has warned an "inexorable rise" in tuberculosis will continue unless more specialist nurses are put in place. London is now a TB "hotspot" with nearly half of all UK cases occurring in the capital -- around 3,000 each year -- double the total of 15 years ago. TB cases have jumped by nearly 20% in England and Wales over the last two years, but London in particular is under threat from the bacterial disease, which is more commonly found in developing countries." for more on this go here.

Foreign travel and immigration were also the concern of the UK's goverment's chief medical advisor:

"Increased foreign travel and rising immigration are bringing a host of dangerous tropical illnesses to the UK, the government's chief medical advisor has warned. ......Professor Donaldson has also recommended action to tackle the re-emergence of TB, often in drug-resistant forms, in the UK, as well as the recent rise in the number of people becoming infected with HIV." For the rest of this article go here.

Immigration initiated diseases are a concern, not only for the UK, but also the USA - see here. and undoubtedly other European countries that also are inundated with immigrants and asylum seekers -including many from Libya.

The National Health Service is already stretched beyond maximum to deal with the "normal" health needs of hundreds of thousands of illegal and legal immigrants and asylum seekers that have flooded into the UK in the past 5 years.

Isn't it obvious that NOW is the much needed and legitimate time to institute a moratorium on all immigration - to allow the health services to get these "imported" diseases under control? And to protect the British people from Gordon Brown's touted and feared pandemic?



'Untreatable TB' arrives in Britain
by Simon Johnson

Doctors have diagnosed what is believed to be the first ever case in Britain of a virtually untreatable strain of tuberculosis.

A man, believed to be a Somali in his 30s, is in isolation at a hospital in Scotland and being treated with a range of antibiotics to control the disease.

But he has been diagnosed with the XDR-TB strain, which kills half of those infected and is extremely resistant to drugs used to fight more common forms of the infection.

Domestic cases of tuberculosis, an airborne disease which is spread though close contact with other people, are increasing but it is thought this is the first time the most deadly type has been found in this country.

It is understood the patient, thought to be an asylum seeker, was screened for infectious diseases on his arrival into Britain last year.

X-rays revealed TB scarring on his lungs, but the disease was not thought to be active so he was allowed to travel to Scotland.

He was admitted to Gartnavel General Hospital in Glasgow with the disease in January and tests have now revealed he is suffering from the XDR-TB strain.

Health officials are now trying to contact his close friends and family to prevent any further outbreaks.

A spokesman for Gartnavel General Hospital said last night: “We can confirm a case of drug-resistant tuberculosis is being treated at the hospital.

“We are in touch with all close contacts of the patient, and where appropriate they will be screened.

“The strain is not any more infectious than normal TB. The main concern is that it is resistant to antibiotics, which makes it much harder to treat.”

The first case of XDR-TB was reported in March 2006, after researchers discovered an emerging global threat of highly resistant TB strains. Six months later 53 “virtually untreatable” XDR-TB cases were found in an area of South Africa with a high prevalence of HIV.

Samples were taken for drug resistance tests but all but one of the patients died an average of 25 days later.

TB drug resistance has been increasing across the world, including Britain, and the World Health Organisation warns more needs to be done to combat the disease.

Professor Peter Davis, secretary of TB Alert in the UK, said: “We are aware that it is quite prevalent in other parts of the world. Because our country is no longer separated from disease by the channel, we have got to be aware of it.”