How Greater Manchester is tackling Strep A as children's wards 'never been under so much pressure'
Greater Manchester health leaders have revealed the region's plans to deal with Strep A outbreaks. But the rise in Strep A illnesses comes as winter viruses and other seasonal sicknesses are more virulent after periods in lockdown, with one director of public health saying that paediatric units 'have never been under so much pressure'.
Manchester’s Director of Public Health David Regan told the M.E.N. that the region, which is experiencing some cases of Strep A and Strep A-related illnesses, has ‘tried and tested plans for managing outbreaks in care homes and schools, learned during Covid, and done annually with influenza’. “Of those, 32 have been reported in the last four weeks. We expect that number to increase in the next week."
“Speaking to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and other paediatric units, they’ve never been under so much pressure," said the public health chief. "That’s not just because of scarlet fever or invasive Strep, it’s other respiratory illness - flu, it’s a range of things all coming together putting extreme pressure on our hospital systems.
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