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Strep A - Symptoms, UK infection rates, scarlet fever cases and NHS news
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Strep A hotspots REVEALED: Cases of scarlet fever - an illness only caused by the bacterial infection - are highest on the Isle of Wight... so how many kids have been struck down in YOUR area?
07/12/22 14:14
EXCLUSIVE: UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data shows 1,131 infections were spotted in England and Wales in the week ending December 4. It was up 14 per cent on the 991 recorded a week earlier, and more than five times the normal amount expected at this time of year, which typically fall below 200. The Isle of Wight saw the most infections, with 32 recorded over the week, MailOnline can reveal. Not every Strep A infection causes scarlet fever, but the illness - more common in children - provides doctors with a good indicator of how the bacteria is spreading. To date, at least nine children across the UK have died from complications caused by the Strep A infection since September. The most recent death reported was Stella-Lilly McCorkindale (pictured left) in Belfast who attended Black Mountain Primary School...read
Will FACE MASKS creep back into classrooms amid Strep A outbreak? Expert calls for return of Covid-era curbs to thwart bug that has killed 9 children - as parents are told to keep any kid with sore throat OFF school
07/12/22 12:22Nine youngsters in the UK have already died from Strep A this winter, with cases currently five times higher than before the pandemic struck.Rishi Sunak and Steve Barclay insist there is NO shortage of antibiotics amid Strep A outbreak - despite pharmacies admitting they're having to TURN AWAY patients due to lack of penicillin
07/12/22 09:19Steve Barclay said he is in 'close contact' with UK suppliers and none have informed him that there are too few antibiotics - something they are duty-bound to do.When should I see a doctor if I think my child has Strep A? And what are the most obvious symptoms? Health editor STEPHEN MATTHEWS and DR NICOLE ROBB answer your questions
07/12/22 09:09VIDEO: Here, we team up with Dr Nicole Robb for a video Q&A to answer all your questions about the illness.'Mummy, I feel like I'm dying': Heartbroken father says he took daughter, 5, to hospital three times in three days and was told she just needed to be hydrated with Lucozade before she died from Strep A
06/12/22 22:51A heartbroken father said that he brought his five-year-old daughter Stella-Lily McCorkindale who died from Strep A to hospital three times in three days.GPs warn they're in 'danger of being overwhelmed' by Strep A as practices, A&E and NHS 111 centres are flooded by parents panicking their child may have killer bug - as five-year-old girl becomes NINTH victim of outbreak
06/12/22 18:18Family doctors, NHS 111 and hospital A&E departments warn they could be overwhelmed by panicked parents worried their child may be coming down with a Strep A infection.Dad who lost all his limbs due to Strep A warns parents to be vigilant
06/12/22 15:38Alex Lewis thought he had 'man flu' back in 2013 but collapsed and was rushed to hospital where he was given just a three percent chance of survival. He had contracted Strep A, followed by Septicaemia.Strep A vaccine is 'desperately needed', Government adviser claims
06/12/22 13:42A British vaccine expert has said the world 'desperately needs' a jab that can beat Strep A as reports emerge that the normally mild bacterial infection has killed a ninth child.'Tripledemic' may be behind surge in Strep A deaths: High rates of RSV and flu may be making kids more susceptible to falling seriously ill with usually-harmless bug, experts claim
06/12/22 12:45The UK's triple threat of flu, RSV and Covid viruses could be damaging children's bodies and leaving them more vulnerable to subsequent Strep A infection, experts have warned.Parents of children who have battled Strep A warns parents to look out for THESE signs - including aches and tiredness, 'tickles in the throat' and struggling to pass urine
06/12/22 12:17Among those speaking out was Aimee Byron, of Fareham, Hampshire. Her two boys aged three and 17 months both contracted the deadly illness which has claimed the lives of nine children in the UK.Father of NINTH child to die of Strep A in UK's surging outbreak pays tribute to his five-year-old 'princess' and says he wished she would have 'walked out of hospital holding her daddy's hand'
06/12/22 07:41Five-year-old Stella-Lily McCorkindale, of Northern Ireland, developed a life-threatening complication of the usually-harmless bug.Father, 42, who lost all four limbs and had to undergo facial reconstruction due to Strep A warns parents to be vigilant after officials confirmed eight children have now died from the killer bug
05/12/22 22:37Alex Lewis thought he had 'man flu' back in 2013 but collapsed and was rushed to hospital where he was given just a three per cent chance of survival. He had contracted Strep A, followed by Septicaemia.EIGHT children have now died from Strep A this winter: Primary school pupil in Hampshire becomes latest victim of growing outbreak
05/12/22 16:59The UK's child death toll from the ongoing Strep A outbreak may have reached eight, with reports on another fatality in Hampshire.UK faces penicillin shortages until end of December amid Strep A outbreak as parents scramble to find drugs to fight off bug that has killed SEVEN children so far
05/12/22 15:12Antibiotics, key in helping prevent the normally mild Strep A infections turning deadly are in short supply in Britain with pharmacists forced to turn away parents seeking drugs for sick children.GP 'prescribed girl, 7, who died of Strep A STEROIDS instead of antibiotics' as her father relives moment he tried to bring her back to life with CPR - as family doctors are ordered to dish out penicillin quickly to children battling slightest symptoms
05/12/22 08:19A father has described the how a doctor gave his Strep A stricken daughter steroids the day she died as GPs are told to consider dishing out medication at the earliest symptoms.Warning to parents and GPs as seventh child dies of Strep A: Families and doctors are told to be wary of symptoms as tragedy strikes again
04/12/22 22:11Health chiefs issued an 'urgent public health message' to GPs after a 12-year-old boy attending a school in London became the latest victim.Boy, 12, becomes first secondary school Strep A victim as parents vow to keep thousands of children at home after bug kills seven youngsters
03/12/22 22:38Over the past few weeks, seven primary school-aged children have died of complications after contracting Strep A, a relatively common bacteria which usually causes only mild symptoms.Heartbroken dad reveals daughter with Strep A is fighting for her life
03/12/22 16:23Little Camila Rose Burns was dancing on Friday evening with friends but by Monday fighting for her life on a ventilator at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool.'It is the worst pain in the world... please just pray for us': Desperate father of girl, four, on ventilator with Strep A warns how she went from dancing for family to fighting for her life in 24 hours and says 'if your child has symptoms DON'T hesitate'
02/12/22 21:55Little Camila Rose Burns was dancing on Friday evening with friends but by Monday fighting for her life on a ventilator at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool.Now SIX children have died from Strep A as health bosses say cases among infants are nearly FIVE TIMES higher than before Covid - and issue tell-tale symptoms of killer bug with parents
02/12/22 16:44Cases of bacterial infection Strep A are nearly five times higher among young children than pre-pandemic, health officials have confirmed in the wake of six deaths.What are the symptoms of Strep A? How does it spread? And is it the same as scarlet fever? Everything you need to know about the killer bug sweeping Britain
02/12/22 13:56Strep A is a bacterium which can cause infections in the throat, skin and respiratory tract. These infections include strep throat, tonsillitis and impetigo. But it can cause scarlet fever.Health chiefs prepare to issue warning TODAY over strep A: Lockdowns may be to blame for 'unusually high' levels, experts claim as four-year-old boy becomes FOURTH to die of scarlet fever-causing bacteria
02/12/22 09:51Muhammad Ibrahim Ali, four, was announced as the latest victim of the deadly bacterial outbreak. He had attended Oakridge School and Nursery in High Wycombe, Bucks.Second primary school pupil dies from same Strep A infection that killed six-year-old child a week ago
01/12/22 19:20Last week, calls for a full investigation were made after a bacteria outbreak at an Ashford school led to the death of a six-year-old died, and another child being taken to hospital.Two more confirmed cases of Strep A infection that killed girl, six, are found at nearby Surrey primary school as third pupil is struck down with Scarlet Fever
01/12/22 09:00The Year One pupil from the Ashford Church of England primary school in Surrey died of the highly infectious Group A streptococcal (iGAS) infection, which causes scarlet fever, last week.Death of six-year-old following Strep A outbreak at Surrey primary school sparks calls for full investigation - as another child with the illness shows 'positive signs'
25/11/22 16:52Calls for a full investigation have been made after a bacteria outbreak at an Ashford school led to the death of a six-year-old died, and another child being taken to hospital.Parents warned over Strep A infection after six-year-old dies and another is rushed to hospital following bacteria outbreak at Surrey primary school which causes 'Victorian disease' scarlet fever
25/11/22 07:13The child who died is understood to be a six-year-old who attended Ashford Church of England Primary School in Surrey, who tragically died after catching the bacterial infection.Baby girl almost loses her leg to a flesh-eating bacteria and undergoes four excruciating surgeries after her parents thought she only had the flu
12/05/21 03:49Tania O'Meara's daughter Eden was just 11-months-old when she was struck down with Strep A - an infectious bacteria that attacks and destroys flesh, and spent 23 days in a Melbourne hospital.New strain of Strep A that is NINE TIMES more aggressive is 'behind the record-high number of cases of scarlet fever in England'
10/09/19 22:30Strains of the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes are thought to have caused scarlet fever cases to spike to more than 15,000 across England in 2014 - the highest level since the 1960s.Death toll from the Strep A outbreak in Essex rises to 13 as health chiefs battle to contain the bacterial infection
25/07/19 10:25Nurses working in Braintree, Essex, and villages to the north of it have been prevented from working anywhere else to stop them spreading bacteria, and some have been given antibiotics.Dozens more could be at risk from Strep A outbreak that killed TWELVE elderly people in Essex as health chiefs battle to contain bacterial infection
25/06/19 14:43The NHS's Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group has confirmed 32 people have had severe streptococcus A infections in the Braintree, Chelmsford and Maldon areas.'No-one could tell if she was going to make it': Mother's horror after girl, two, left fighting for her life in a coma after being struck down with a common infection
20/03/18 01:27Zahlia Adolfo, 2, was hit with Strep A. She caught the illness from her parents and her health got worse. She was put on life support for ten days and had transfusions and antibiotics to survive.
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- Saturday Night Live movie FIRST LOOK: Trailer recreates the very first SNL episode from 1975 with 'chaotic scenes' and 'lookalike actors'
- Sabrina Carpenter, 25, turns heads in a figure-hugging gold dress amid mounting plastic surgery speculation
- Prince Philip's last gaffe revealed: Aled Jones discloses never-before-heard hilarious interruption Duke of Edinburgh would make
- Moment Travis Scott is seen in the back of French cop car as details emerge of 'drunk' 5am fight in Parisian five-star hotel that led to his arrest
- The Umbrella Academy fans 'want to cry, scream and throw up' after 'nauseating' age gap love scenes - demanding an apology from show creator
- King Carl Gustaf of Sweden tries out the famous 'no sex' cardboard beds all in the Olympic Village in Paris
- Taylor Swift beefs up security for her London shows after cancelling Vienna concerts amid terror plot - as 'Swiftonomics' uncover the cost of axed gigs
- Blake Lively says her new movie It Ends With Us is a story of 'joy, pain, possibility, and trauma' as she reveals what the role means to her
- Ekin-Su Culculoglu looks worlds away from her Love Island days as she debuts a major new hair transformation
- Moment Katie Price is met by police at Heathrow and arrested with son Harvey looking on and her head in a bandage after £10,000 facelift - as she faces court today
- EXCLUSIVERevealed: The WAG who has been helping Lauryn Goodman pen barbed social media posts and telling her how to behave in public. KATIE HIND reports
- ITV takes outrageous turn as Andi Peters compares himself to Olympic pole vaulter with racy manhood joke on Lorraine
- Downton Abbey bosses reveal it was 'terribly easy' to convince Maggie Smith that her character should be killed off
- Beaming Jeremy Renner is the picture of health as he's seen for the FIRST time on set of Knives out 3 alongside fellow Marvel star Josh Brolin
- Travis Scott looks 'hyped up' as he shouts and swears at Olympics crowd hours before being arrested
- Love Is Blind fans beg couple to 'take a DNA test' after string of worrying clues they're related - as stars admit 'I've got goosebumps'
- Emma Stone keeps a low profile beneath a beanie hat and shades as she revisits Cruella filming location in London - ahead of the blockbuster's sequel
- Strictly Come Dancing 2024 line-up: Every celebrity contestant we know so far as Tasha Ghouri and Pete Wicks are latest stars confirmed
- Good Morning Britain host 'grovels for his job' after technical gaffe - admitting to 'unplugging his microphone so he can go to the toilet' on live ITV show
- Tasha Ghouri is seen for the first time since her Strictly Come Dancing signing was confirmed as she arrives at a London studio
- Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's endless separation is humiliating - and utterly exhausting. But MAUREEN CALLAHAN has a theory...
- Crown Prince Haakon meets the viral Norwegian swimmer dubbed 'the muffin man' - amid his stepsons arrest
- Love Island's Gabby Allen flaunts her jaw-dropping figure in a VERY racy red dress as she joins equally daring Faye Winter at the It Ends With Us premiere
- Colin Farrell reveals son James' heartbreaking misdiagnosis before doctors confirmed he was suffering from Angelman syndrome
- Claire Sweeney, 53, cuts a stylish figure in a hot pink dress as she enjoys romantic meal with boyfriend Ricky Hatton, 45, in Tenerife
- Gemma Collins hops on the Brat summer trend as she wows in bright green ball gown
- Abbey Clancy shares adorable family holiday snap with husband Peter Crouch and their three kids after jetting off to mystery location
- Meera Syal becomes the latest star to read a CBeebies Bedtime Story as she honours South Asian Heritage Month
- Sir Paul McCartney shares never before seen snaps from Wings' 1974 Abbey Road recording sessions featuring late wife Linda
- BBC Breakfast grinds to a halt as Naga Munchetty rocked by back-to-back technical blunders - seething 'well this is great!'
- Russell Brand is 'axed from his big-money role in the Despicable Me film series and replaced by a British comic after rape and assault allegations'
- Rapper Travis Scott 'arrested in Paris after fight with his bodyguard' hours after cheering on US basketball stars in Olympics semi-final
- EXCLUSIVERevealed: Eamonn Holmes' new girlfriend, 42, has a son with a retired coach driver aged 81
- Blake Lively looks radiant in a £30,000 floral frock after making her FIFTH outfit change of the day for the UK premiere of It Ends With Us
- EXCLUSIVEKatie Price is set to appear in court TODAY: Reality star spent night behind bars after being met by police as she returned to Britain
- ALISON BOSHOFF: Jealous Huw Edwards was 'poison' in BBC news room, claim ex-colleagues Would complain bitterly
- Princess Diana would have been 'broken-hearted' over Prince William and Prince Harry's feud, RICHARD KAY tells PALACE CONFIDENTIAL
- Jamie Lee Curtis pushes for cast and crew to wear name tags on film sets to help eliminate power hierarchies from forming
- Diddy's ex Yung Miami breaks silence over her relationship with disgraced rapper... following claims she 'transported pink cocaine for him'
- Bella Thorne commands attention in a power suit with a plunging neon yellow blazer at HollyShorts Film Festival - after slamming Ozempic use
- Olivia Wilde looks edgy chic in low-cut black dress and platform boots as she supports pal Zoe Kravitz's directorial debut Blink Twice in LA
- Colin Farrell reveals the heart-wrenching question he asked doctor after his son James, 20, was diagnosed with Angelman syndrome
- Naomi Watts reveals her surprising relationship with former co-star Simon Baker: 'I love you so much!'
- Justin Bieber looks unrecognizable in scruffy attire with his boxer shorts showing at posh Waldorf Astoria in LA without pregnant wife Hailey
- King Charles seethed at photographs of his mother posing with her hands in her pockets, but he and other royals do this too...