Parents are being urged to look out for a number of symptoms in their children after a huge rise in the number of reported Strep A cases.
Six children in England and Wales have died from the infection in recent months and in the week ending November 20, there were 851 cases reported, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). Those figures are compared to an average of 186 in preceding years - an increase of 357.5pc.
Muhammad Ibrahim Ali died at his home in High Wycombe on November 14 after experiencing a cardiac arrest, his heartbroken mother said. Last week a six-year-old died following an outbreak of the same infection at a school in Surrey. Hanna Roap, 7, from Victoria primary school in Penarth, Wales also died after becoming ill.
