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Parents advised to be mindful of signs including characteristic rash and red tongue also known as ‘strawberry tongue’

Warning comes as another child dies after contracting Strep A infection

Concerned mums and dads have been swamping medical practices while chemists are struggling to keep up with the demand for antibiotics as the Christmas period looms

Warning comes as another child dies after contracting Strep A infection

Primary two pupil Ellie Young, who looked like 'death warmed up' was rushed to Wishaw General Hospital where medics discovered she was suffering from with the bacterial infection last month.

Health experts have stressed that it is 'very rare' for Group A Strep infections to become invasive, but parents have advised to be 'on the lookout' for symptoms

NHS services have been overwhelmed by panic over the outbreak of the bug, with GP surgeries, A&Es, and 111 call centres receiving a wave of parents panicked that their child may be infected

It brings the total deaths across the UK related to the illness to 16.

Amid a recent spike in deaths from Strep A infections in the UK, the CDC is now closely monitoring a possible increase of the bacterial infections in the US. A paediatric infectious disease expert tells Andrea Blanco that previous outbreaks in Britain have not had an impact in America, but…