A woman has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect over the death of an eight-year-old linked to the Strep A infection in Wales
"We are investigating links to invasive group A streptococcal disease , a very rare complication of group A streptococcal infection.
The death follows those of seven-year-old Hanna Roap, from Penarth, South Wales, and a child from Powys who has not been named.Public Health Scotland announced on Wednesday that two children aged under 10 in Scotland have died with Strep A infection since October 3. Two of the deaths were in children under 10. These two deaths are the first to be recorded north of the border, though children have died elsewhere in the UK.
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