A five-year-old girl has died after contracting Strep A - taking the total number of fatalities to nine.
The youngster became severely ill last week and was being treated at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, the Mirror reports. Parents of P1 to P3 pupils at Black Mountain Primary School were sent a letter by the Public Health Agency.
The letter said a child had been diagnosed with a severe form of the bacterial infection. Pupils were told the attend a clinic or see their GP to receive antibiotics.
