A five-year-old girl from London has died of a severe Strep A infection, with parents urged to look out for symptoms
The agency urges parents to take their children to their GP if they develop any Strep A symptoms within the next 30 days, even if they are mild.
Signs of this more serious form of Strep A include high fever, severe muscle aches, localised muscle pain and unexplained diarrhoea or vomiting."More details be found here Health protection consultant at UKHSA London, Sara Atkin, said: “Our thoughts are with the family, friends and school community following the sad death of a child who attends St Saviour's C of E Primary School in Maida Vale.
However in February three-year-old Theo Emm, from Westbury, Wiltshire, died suddenly of Strep A despite hardly showing any symptoms, his family said.
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