Group A streptococcus is a common bacterium that generally causes relatively mild infections, such as sore throats. So what is the risk and why the spate of deaths now?
The same increasing trend is happening in slightly older primary school age children as well.
And this isn't a geographic cluster; the children lived far apart. So it's not a bug that was passed from one to another.So is this another symptom of an overwhelmed health service? The infection starts with a high temperature, sore throat and headache, which is followed by a red rash that spreads across the chest, neck and arms.
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