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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Andrew Smart

Major supply notice issued over Strep A antibiotics in Scotland

A notice warning has been issued by the Scottish Government over the supply of antibiotics used to treat Group A Strep infections.

The government said that antibiotics may be “temporarily in limited supply” as the recent increase in cases sees a massive surge in demand.

According to Public Health Scotland, there had been 967 laboratory reports of the infection in the week ending December 11.

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