The Latest Breaking News from UK Health Security Agency

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

Echelford School has told parents two more pupils contracted a deadly bacterial infection after a six-year-old girl died following a Strep A outbreak at nearby Ashford Church of England Primary School

Parents have kept their children at home today after a six-year-old girl pupil died amid an outbreak of rare group A streptococcal infection at Ashford Church of England School, Surrey

Classmates and teachers at the primary school in Ashford, Surrey were given strong antibiotics by specialists from the UK Health Security Agency

Pupils and teachers are being offered strong antibiotics by specialist doctors from the UK Health Security Agency against the bacteria, known as Strep A

Using the latest figures we attempt to assess how coronavirus is affecting Greater Manchester currently

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said reports of diphtheria at the Manston processing centre had been "exaggerated" but UK Health Security Agency said there has been a spike

In late October, the UK Health Security Agency assigned variant designations to two new omicron “grandchildren”: BQ.1 and XBB. This means they will be monitored by health authorities, but are not at this stage regarded as variants of concern.

Research led by the UK Health Security Agency said the findings confirm that deaths from Covid-19 were ‘rare’ among children.