WHO warns that crisis could be worse than Aids
Spread of deadly superbugs that evade antibiotics is happening globally
It's now a major threat to public health, the World Health Organisation says
It could mean minor injuries and common infections become fatal
Deaths from cuts and grazes, diarrhoea and flu will soon be common as antibiotics lose their power to fight minor infections, experts have warned.
The World Health Organisation says the problem has been caused by antibiotics being so widely prescribed that bacteria have begun to evolve and develop resistance.
It claims the crisis is worse than the Aids epidemic – which has caused 25million deaths worldwide – and threatens to turn the clock back on modern medicine.
The WHO warns that the public should ‘anticipate many more deaths’ as it may become routine for children to develop lethal infections from minor grazes, while hospital operations become deadly as patients are at risk of developing infections that were previously treatable.
Doctors are increasingly finding that antibiotics no longer work against urinary and skin infections, tuberculosis and gonorrhoea.
The WHO is urging the public to take simple precautions, such as washing hands to prevent bacteria from spreading in the first place
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