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date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the strain of the ebola virus responsible for the recent outbreak, and whether it is a novel mutated strain of the virus.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL2535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is caused by Ebola Virus (EBOV) (formerly Zaire ebolavirus), first discovered in 1976. There is no evidence to suggest that the current strain of EBOV has a higher rate of transmissibility or an unusual level of pathogenicity compared with previous strains.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to work with colleagues across government to monitor and assess the risk posed to the United Kingdom by the current Ebola epidemic. The advice from the Chief Medical Officer is that the public health risk in the UK remains low, but this risk assessment is kept under regular review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/11/2014 14:27:38 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

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date	28/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are reassessing the United Kingdom's capability in vaccine development and production with a view to reducing the time taken to produce new vaccines for use against emerging diseases.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL2492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>We are not currently reassessing the United Kingdom’s capability in vaccine development and production, which is primarily a matter for the pharmaceutical industry.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, our horizon-scanning and surveillance for emerging infectious diseases and the development of arrangements for emergency preparedness and response will include collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry when the use of a vaccine may be a potential control measure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>One example of this work is the current efforts to accelerate clinical trials for an Ebola vaccine, working closely with other Governments, vaccine regulators, industry and the World Health Organization.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 11/11/2014 12:02:12 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie