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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Abigail O'Leary

Strep A: Pharmacies warn of shortages in antibiotics as 20 ill at single school

Pharmacies have reported shortages in vital antibiotics used to treat children struck with Strep A.

It comes as the UK continues to be rocked by a surge in cases of Strep A with several cases of the potentially deadly invasive Strep A being reported among schoolchildren in recent weeks.

The latest death in Belfast takes the toll of children dying from an invasive version of the infection to nine.

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