How Strep A spreads and how to prevent becoming infected - according to a local GP
At least nine children across the UK are known to have died from invasive Strep A infection. A Greater Manchester GP is now issuing vital warnings to worried families on how to stop the spread.
READ MORE:When to take your child to A&E with Strep A - crucial advice for parents from a Greater Manchester GP "It's classed as a respiratory infection - passed on like all such infections by droplets in the air. Coughing, sneezing. It can also be passed on through hand contact with the bacteria," explains Dr Helen Wall, a GP from Bolton, and Greater Manchester’s Clinical Director Population Health and lead for immunisations and screening.
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