Two primary school children in Co Down have been hospitalised with bacterial infections, a principal has said.
More than 30 children, mostly in Primary 1 and 2 in Brackenagh West Primary School near Kilkeel, are off school with illness connected with the Strep A bacterium.
Principal Michael Peacock said the school is concerned and appealed to parents to keep children at home if they present signs or symptoms of strep A or scarlet fever, and to contact their GP.
