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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Ryan Merrifield

Parents keep children home as school 'yet to be cleaned' after outbreak kills girl, 6

Some parents have refused to send their children to a school today after a pupil died due to a rare bacteria outbreak, it has been claimed.

It is understood Ashford Church of England School, Surrey, is yet to be deep cleaned after a six-year-old girl died due to the invasive group A streptococcal infection yesterday.

A second child was taken to hospital and is showing signs of recovery, parents have been told.

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