![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/asian-hornets-that-can-kill-in-minutes-attack-10-people-with-squads-using-henry-hoovers/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Giant-Asian-Hornet-or-Murder-Hornet-Vespa-mandarinia.jpg&description=Swat squads in the Channel Islands have been using Henry Hoovers to cull 'killer' Asian hornets amid fears of an invasion on the UK mainland after 10 people needed urgent treatment Ten people in Jersey have needed urgent medical treatment this summer after being stung by 'killer' Asian hornets - with swat squads using Henry Hoovers to try curb a potential invasion. DEFRA warned today that more of the alien bugs have turned up on mainland Britain - this time in Kent - fuelling fears they are spreading this summer. Jersey's current total of 476 queens this year is already six times the figure for the whole of last year, and we're only just into the main breeding season. Those stung in the Channel Islands survived though Asian hornet stings have led to the deaths of at least five people in France, with more victims in other European countries. The venom can cause people to go into anaphylactic shock. Victims can die within minutes of being attacked unless they receive urgent medical treatment. After the sightings this week in Kent, experts are monitoring the entire south of England. It's the sixth confirmed UK mainland sighting since April, when an Asian hornet was captured near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. John de Carteret, head of the Jersey Asian Hornet swat squad, said the number of nest-making Asian Hornet queens found on the island since the start of spring now totals 476 - and they are breeding in increasing numbers. He said yesterday: "After a record day for Asian Hornet Primary and/or Secondary nests yesterday their number stays at 77. The number of people confirmed as stung remains at ten." He also warned: "There's a long way to go here, especially whilst they are effectively uncontrolled in France." Mr de Carteret was earlier this year involved in an Asian hornet hunt when a huge nest was found in toilets at the former Tamba Park activity centre in St Lawrence, Jersey. Swat squads on Guernsey, meanwhile, are using Henry Hoovers to try to take the sting out of the in){kind=link}
Swat squads in the Channel Islands have been using Henry Hoovers to cull ‘killer’ Asian hornets amid fears of an invasion on the UK mainland after 10 people needed urgent treatment
Ten people in Jersey have needed urgent medical treatment this summer after being stung by ‘killer’ Asian hornets – with swat squads using Henry Hoovers to try curb a potential invasion.
DEFRA warned today that more of the alien bugs have turned up on mainland Britain – this time in Kent – fuelling fears they are spreading this summer.
Jersey’s current total of 476 queens this year is already six times the figure for the whole of last year, and we’re only just into the main breeding season.
Those stung in the Channel Islands survived though Asian hornet stings have led to the deaths of at least five people in France, with more victims in other European countries.