At least 21 children have died in the UK as a result strep A infectionafter the Scottish Public Health Agency released this Wednesday two deaths in Scotland among children under the age of ten.
According to the report, between 3 October and 25 December, there were seven deaths in Scotland due to infection with group A Streptococcus bacteria. two of them were children under the age of 10.
Twenty-one children have died in the UK from diseases caused by strep A, the symptoms of which include: skin infections -impetigo-, scarlet fever and sore throat.
Although most of this The infection is relatively mild and is cured with antibioticson rare occasions the bacteria cause a disease that can be fatal.
There are already several European countries -among them Spanish, French, Irish and English- those who detected an increase in cases of this disease among children under the age of ten in recent months, including several deaths.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Europe’s population is at risk of expanding “low” invasive strep A diseasealthough the government should be wary of a hypothetical increase in cases in children.
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