The father of a seven-year-old girl in Wales who died of Strep A says her family are "traumatised" and "devastated" by her death. Hanna Roap, a pupil at Victoria Primary School in Penarth died on November 25 just 24 hours after becoming ill with the bacterial infection.
She is one of seven children in the UK who have died in recent months after contracting the bacterial infection. The other six cases have been in children aged under 13 in England. Health officials are understood to have seen a slight rise in cases of Strep A, which can cause scarlet fever, though deaths and serious complications from the infection are rare.
Paying tribute to Hanna last week, her parents mum Salah and dad Abul, both 37, described their daughter as a "beautiful soul" and said they were "broken into a million pieces" by the tragedy. Speaking to the BBC, her father has now said his family are "traumatised" and "devastated", adding they are "numb" and "don't know what to do".
