Welsh primary school pupil dies after contracting invasive Strep A

The bacteria, Group A Streptococcus. In rare instances it can cause a life-threatening illness called invasive Group A Streptococcal disease. Photograph: BSIP/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

A primary school pupil has died after contracting invasive Strep A, Public Health Wales has confirmed.

The authority said the child attended Victoria primary school in Penarth, four miles south of Cardiff, in the Vale of Glamorgan.