Health officials in the United Kingdom are warning parents to watch for symptoms after six children died after contracting a bacterial infection caused by a version of the disease known as Group A strep.
Health officials in the United Kingdom are warning parents to watch for symptoms after six children died after contracting a bacterial infection caused by a version of the disease known as Group A strep.
" is still uncommon; however, it is important that parents are on the lookout for symptoms and see a doctor as quickly as possible so that their child can be treated and we can stop the infection becoming serious," Dr. Colin Brown, deputy director of the UKHSA, said in a press release. In pre-pandemic seasons, as defined by the UKHSA as 2017 to 2019, there were on average just 0.5 cases per 100,000 children aged 1 to 4, and only 0.3 cases per 100,000 children aged 5 to 9.
The increase in Group A strep cases has also led to an increase in scarlet fever, a typically mild but very contagious illness. Recent data, there were 851 cases of scarlet fever reported in the U.K., compared to an average of just 186 cases in that same week in preceding years.
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