How to spot tell-tale scarlet fever rash as six kids die in Strep A outbreak
URGENT WARNING TO PARENTS
"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. Six children have tragically died in recent weeks from the invasive group A Strep infection outbreak.Within days, three more deaths were recorded in West London, Wales and Buckinghamshire - including four-year-old Muhammad Ibrahim Ali.: "The loss is great and nothing will replace that."
Another of the children to lose their lives in the outbreak was little Hanna Roap, who died on November 25 within 24 hours of becoming ill.And the dad of a four-year-old girl who is fighting for her life after contracting Strep A has said he is "praying for a miracle".Young Camila Rose Burns has been on a ventilator since Monday, and her devastated dad Dean said he has been "living in an absolute nightmare".
Dean, who lives in Bolton, Greater Manchester, says she began to complain about her chest after a bug went around her school.
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