Surges in viral infections like flu, RSV and Covid may be behind the spate of serious Strep A illnesses, experts have claimed.
Nine children have already died of the usually-harmless bug, with a five-year-old girl in Northern Ireland today becoming the latest victim. Health officials have admitted this winter’s death toll, although low, is higher than expected.
Doctors suspect high levels of winter viruses in children, thought in part to be down to the knock-on effect of lockdown restrictions, might