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Rachael Burford

Downing Street warns parents to ‘be on lookout’ for Strep A symptoms as ‘seventh child dies’

Muhammad Ibrahim Ali, 4, died in High Wycombe after contracting Strep A

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Downing Street has warned parents to be "on the lookout" for Strep A symptoms after a London schoolboy became the seventh child believed to have died from the infection.

Cases of Strep A are usually mild, causing illness ranging from a sore throat to scarlet fever. However they can develop into a more serious invasive Group A Strep (iGAS) infection.

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