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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Damien Edgar & Anita McSorley

Strep A Ireland: Schoolgirl, 5, dies from reported case in Belfast as parents urged to know symptoms

A five-year-old girl from Belfast has died after being admitted to hospital with a reported Strep A infection.

It's understood she became unwell last week and was taken to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, where she passed away on Monday night.

The young girl attended Black Mountain Primary School, where parents had been sent a letter last week saying one of the pupils had been diagnosed with a severe form of Strep A.

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