Absences have continued to rise at a Co Down school amid an outbreak of illnesses suspected to be related to Strep A bacterium.
On Wednesday, Michael Peacock, principal of Brackenagh West Primary School near Kilkeel told Belfast Live that over 40 children are now absent from school.
On Monday, he had told BBC Evening Extra on Monday that 32 children were off school, and "quite a number have been confirmed as cases of either scarlet fever or Strep A."
