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Milica Cosic

Strep A outbreaks confirmed in Scottish schools and parents warned to look out for symptoms

The NHS has confirmed clusters of Strep A at a number of Scottish schools.

And now parents in Ayrshire have been sent letters alerting them to scarlet fever and chickenpox outbreaks among a small number of children in local schools.

The move comes after Scotland's health minister Humza Yousaf admitted the number of infections is rising across the country, the Daily Record reports.

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