Family had been visiting her only hours previously and had been asked to wear plastic gowns on the ward – but were not told about a scabies outbreak.

Source: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/5522242/scabies-raigmore-hospital-invernesss/

Fashion students at one of ’s most iconic universities have been given the itch after a roll of fabric containing scabies is said to have spread the illness around campus.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/12/20/scabies-outbreak-among-students-london-fashion-university-20001786/

"I witnessed the poor condition of many of the villages and the upsetting scabies bug outbreaks which were taking hold in some areas," he says.

Source: https://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/23455234.keighley-gp-part-volunteer-team-turkey-earthquake-zone/?ref=rss

Risks increase for acute respiratory infections such as influenza and coronavirus, along with the possibility of contact-transmitted diseases such as scabies, lice, fungi and diarrhoeal diseases, it added.

Source: https://www.siasat.com/turkey-syria-quakes-worst-disaster-of-region-in-century-un-2524914/

The Epidemiology service says that their figures may not tell the full story as scabies is not a notifiable disease.

Source: https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2023/12/26/scabies-surges-in-part-of-spain-health-experts-detect-44-outbreaks-up-to-early-november-with-11-linked-to-schools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scabies-surges-in-part-of-spain-health-experts