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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Zoe Tidman

Family’s agony as daughter, 4, fights Strep A which has killed eight children

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A father has shared his agony as his four-year-old daughter fought for her life after contracting a bacterial infection that has killed at least eight others in recent weeks.

Camila Burns was still “really poorly” a week after being admitted to hospital with a Strep A infection, which has now progressed into a potentially life-threatening invasive disease, her family said.

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