Pharmacists also report difficulties finding supplies of antibiotics to treat the infection
strep A home-testing kits have sold out online as parents rush to find ways to diagnose their children’s rashes and high temperatures.
The panic-buying follows the deaths of at least 16 children from invasive strep A infections in the UK, with the latest fatality involving a secondary school pupil at Hove Park school in Hove on Friday.
Pharmacists also report difficulties finding supplies of antibiotics to treat the infectionstrep A home-testing kits have sold out online as parents rush to find ways to diagnose their children’s rashes and high temperatures.The panic-buying follows the deaths of at least 16 children from invasive strep A infections in the UK, with the latest fatality involving a secondary school pupil at Hove Park school in Hove on Friday. Continue reading…
