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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Matt Mathers and Jane Dalton

Fourth child dies from Strep A bacterial infection as family of second victim ‘heartbroken’

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A fourth child has died after contracting the Strep A bacterial infection – the third in a week.

Muhammad Ibrahim Ali, 4, from Buckinghamshire, died of the bug on 14 November, it has been revealed. He died the day after Hanna Roap, aged seven, from Penarth, Wales, who died within 24 hours of falling ill.

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