A child has died after contracting the invasive Strep A infection in Wales.
Support is being offered to children and parents following the death of the pupil, from Victoria Primary School in Penarth.
‘Support is being provided to staff and pupils by the council’s team of educational psychologists and information from Public Health Wales has been circulated to parents where appropriate. It is unlikely that other pupils will be affected by the illness and severe symptoms are extremely rare.’ The news of the death follows a similar incident in which a six-year-old child in Year One at a school in SurreyStrep A can cause a lot of different illnesses, but they tend to start off with a few typical symptoms., as well as fever, headache and swollen lymph nodes in the neck and under the jaw.
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