BREAKING: The UK Health Security Agency has said a child has become the third to die from a Strep A infection in the past week. Read more: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Dr Yimmy Chow, health protection consultant at the UK Health Security Agency, said:"We are extremely saddened to hear about the death of a child at St John's Primary School, and our thoughts are with their family, friends and the school community.
"Working with Ealing Council public health team, we have provided precautionary advice to the school community to help prevent further cases and we continue to monitor the situation closely."
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