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Sixth UK Child Dies of Strep A as Health Chiefs Give Update on Alarming Outbreak

Muhammad Ibrahim Ali, Hanna Roap and three other unnamed children have all recently died with Strep A infection, with four of the tragic deaths having occurred within the last week. Strep A infections are usually mild, causing illness ranging from a sore throat to Scarlet Fever

Father of girl, 4, fighting for life with Strep A infection is 'praying for a miracle'

BBC 3 DEC 2022

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Dean Burns said he has been in hospital by his daughter Camila's side since Monday

Health bosses have insisted there is no new strain outbreak of Strep A in the UK - despite six young children now having died of the bacterial infection.

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Muhammad was just 4

Hanna was only seven years old

In the last week Muhammad Ibrahim Ali, four, from High Wycombe, Hanna Roap, seven, from Penarth, Wales, a six-year-old child from Ashford in Surrey and a primary-school aged child from north Ealing, London have all died with Strep A infection.

Two other English children under 10, whose names, ages and locations have not been made public, also died within seven days of being diagnosed, although the dates of their deaths are currently unknown.

The UK Health Security Agency told the Mirror that scarlet fever infections are up this year compared to normal as they warned parents to be on the lookout for deadly warning signs that could turn into invasive Group A Streptococcal disease.

However, in a release this afternoon, the agency has said: "Currently, there is no evidence that a new strain is circulating.

"The increase is most likely related to high amounts of circulating bacteria and social mixing."

It added: "There are lots of viruses that cause sore throats, colds and coughs circulating.

"These should resolve without medical intervention. However, children can on occasion develop a bacterial infection on top of a virus and that can make them more unwell."

The NHS states that Group A Streptococcus is the name given to a type of bacteria sometimes found in the throat or on the skin.

Infections usually result in mild illness but can become the more serious invasive Group A Strep - also known as iGAS.

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According to the World Health Organisation 500,000 people die from iGAS each year.

Official statistics from the UKHSA show that for every 100,000 cases of scarlet fever, 3.1 people will develop iGAS.

However, the rate is around nine per 100,000 for babies under one and eight per 100,000 for children aged one to four.

Dr Colin Brown, Deputy Director, UKHSA, said: “We are seeing a higher number of cases of Group A strep this year than usual.

"The bacteria usually causes a mild infection producing sore throats or scarlet fever that can be easily treated with antibiotics.

"In very rare circumstances, this bacteria can get into the bloodstream and cause serious illness – called invasive Group A strep (iGAS).

"This is still uncommon, however, it is important that parents are on the lookout for symptoms and see a doctor as quickly as possible so that their child can be treated and we can stop the infection becoming serious.

"Make sure you talk to a health professional if your child is showing signs of deteriorating after a bout of scarlet fever, a sore throat, or a respiratory infection.”

A child from North Ealing Primary School has died

“It strikes me that as we are seeing with flu at the moment, lack of mixing in kids may have caused a drop in population-wide immunity that could increase transmission, particularly in school age children.”

Professor Ian Jones, an infectious disease expert at Reading University told Mail Online it was too soon to say if this year's Strep A outbreak was particularly bad but it was unusual in terms of timing.

'It is too early to assume it will be a bad year but what does seem clear is that the peak has shifted towards the autumn from the summer,' he said.

'Death in young kids is indeed tragic but I don't, unfortunately to say, see it as out of the ordinary yet.

'It happens and the alert it brings does remind parents and teachers what to look for, which then helps to keep numbers down through early diagnosis, along with antibiotic roll out if an outbreak is suspected."

What is Group A Streptococcus?

Group A Streptococcus is the name given to a type of bacteria sometimes found in the throat or on the skin.

Group A Streptococcus usually causes mild illness like sore throats and skin infections.

Rarely these bacteria can cause severe and life threatening illness called invasive Group A Streptococcal disease.