Strep A child deaths grow to FIVE trends now
Strep A child deaths grow to FIVE trends now
Strep A child deaths grow to FIVE as health bosses say cases among infants are nearly FIVE TIMES higher than before Covid - and issue tell-tale symptoms of killer bug with parents
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Cases of bacterial infection Strep A are nearly five times higher among young children than pre-pandemic, health officials have confirmed in the wake of five deaths.
While normally not fatal the common bug can cause Scarlet Fever and be a potential killer, causing flesh-eating disease or sepsis in the most severe cases.
Data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show cases of the most serious kind of infection, called invasive Group A strep (iGAS), are 2.3 cases per 100,000
