UK health officials are cautioning schools and parents on how to deal with Strep A infections after the deaths of multiple children in recent weeks. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed the latest death of a child who contracted Strep A while attending St John's School in Ealing, West London.
The death follows that of Muhammad Ibrahim Ali, aged four, who died at his home on November 14 after suffering a cardiac arrest, his heartbroken family have said. He attended Oakridge School and Nursery in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
Yesterday, Victoria Primary School in Penarth, Wales, confirmed the death of another child who had contracted the infection, named as Hanna Reap by family friends. A six-year-old pupil at Ashford Church of England Primary School in Surrey also died from strep A at the beginning of last week.
