Under pressure family doctors have complained about the messaging pushed out during last winter's Strep A crisis. Dozens more children in Britain died from the bug sparking a panic.
Schoolboy Mohammad Izaan Danish, eight, was allegedly sent from home from hospital twice before later dying of Strep A. Mohammad was first taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary on December 10.
Reign Passey, 4, from Dudley in the West Midlands was forced to undergo a four hour operation to clear out tissue infected with flesh-eating bacteria after catching Strep A.
Experts told MailOnline the excess surge in Britain is partly a result of Covid restrictions that lowered children's immunity to Strep A - the bacteria that causes the illness.
Twenty-nine under-18s have died of the usually-harmless bug in England since the season kicked off. Five deaths have been recorded in Wales, two in Scotland and one in Northern Ireland.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed 25 children in England have now died due to the usually-mild bacterial virus bringing the nation's death toll among children to 30.
The fatalities due to the usually-mild bacterial infection are the first Scotland has reported this season. It brings the UK's Strep A death toll among children to 26.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden unexplained death of the young girl from Maes-y-Deri, Lampeter on December 22 in Ceredigion.
Swedish researchers have found an antibody that fights off Strep A bacteria in an unusual way, which they believe could be key to developing a vaccine.
Five more children have died from Strep A, official statistics show as the outbreak continues to devastate Britain. UK Health Security Agency statistics show 21 kids in England have died.