Secondary school pupil dies from Strep A-related illness
The Independent|December 05, 2022
A 12-year-old boy is the latest child to die after contracting Strep A, according to reports. The boy, believed to be a Year 8 pupil from Colfe’s School in Lewisham, is understood to be the first secondary school student to fall victim to an infection caused by the bacteria after a spike in cases in recent weeks.
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Secondary school pupil dies from Strep A-related illness

In a letter reported to have been sent to parents, headmaster Richard Russell said the student's death was a "huge shock". He said the school had taken advice from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), but reassured parents that the risk to their children was still low.

It comes as a four-year-old girl is fighting for her life with a Strep A infection at a Liverpool Hospital. Camila Rose Burns has been on a ventilator at Alder Hey Children's Hospital since Monday.

"When we got here Monday, they said she's the poorliest girl in the whole of England," her father Dean Burns told Sky News.

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