A 12-year-old boy has become the first secondary school pupil to die from Strep A as the killer infection spreads across Britain.
The Year 8 student at private Colfe’s School in Lewisham, south east London, was found to have contracted septicaemia caused by Group A streptococcus (GAS), which led to invasive Group A Streptococcal disease (iGAS).
Another child from the same school is understood to be in hospital.
