As the vital prescription antibiotic amoxicillin vanishes from pharmacy shelves across the UK, a 12-year-old boy from southeast London has become the seventh child to die after contracting a rare, invasive form of the bacterial infection.

​As the vital prescription antibiotic amoxicillin vanishes from pharmacy shelves across the UK, a 12-year-old boy from southeast London has become the seventh child to die after contracting a rare, invasive form of the bacterial infection.