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A five—year—old girl in northern ireland has died from an illness linked to the bacterial infection strep a. she has been named as stella mccork indale. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. what is the background? it is sad news and caused _ what is the background? it is sad news and caused a _ what is the background? it is sad news and caused a great - what is the background? it is sad news and caused a great deal i what is the background? it is sad news and caused a great de...

Reporting that rishi sunak is coming under pressure from his own mps to speed up the introduction of "anti—strike legislation" while the daily mail focusses on the labour party and the money they recieve from the unions who are taking strike action. the daily mirror reports on strep a and highlights the grief of stella—lilys father after she got named as the ninth victim. the metros front page is dedicated to the tory peer michelle mone — shes requesting a leave of absence from the lords "...

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Medics at the public health agency are not recommending closing schools, saying this would only have limited impact, and that a rise in infections does happen every four to five years, but that the current outbreak is unusual because it is happening in the winter rather than the spring. two other children in northern ireland have also been taken to hospital after an outbreak elsewhere. while parents are being reassured that most cases of strep a are mild, a critical incident team is providing su...

Her classmates at her primary school were sent a letter from the public health agency asking children to visit a doctor to be given a preventative course of antibiotics. whenever we compare the numbers to what we would see in the usual time of scarlet fever and other strep a infections circulating, the numbers are comparable to the size that we would see in the spring but different from where we would normalcy at this time of year. thea;r normalcy at this time of year. they sa it is a normalcy a...

General fear that the country is being disrupted and lots of ways, notjust— being disrupted and lots of ways, notjust strikes at being disrupted and lots of ways, not just strikes at the moment, being disrupted and lots of ways, notjust strikes at the moment, and that is— notjust strikes at the moment, and that is what— notjust strikes at the moment, and that is what is really crippling everyone. that is what is really crippling everyone-— that is what is really crippling eve one. ., ~ ,...

0thers that strep a can develop into. others can develop invasive strep a condition that is the most serious form of infection and that is very serious indeed. the public health officials made clear that they dont think theyre seeing an unusual i high number of deaths from that at the moment, compared with previous years. the message is that people shouldnt be alarmed, there is no need to be panicky about this, but on the other hand it is worthwhile for people to be aware of the symptoms of stre...

We are seeing different patterns. medics at the public health agency are not recommending closing schools, saying this would only have limited impact and that a rise in infections does happen every four to five years, but that the current outbreak is unusual, because its happening in the winter rather than the spring. two other children in northern ireland have also been taken to a hospital after an outbreak elsewhere. while parents being reassured that most cases of strep a are mild, a critical...

Back, its about to have a got enough and amoxicillin as an antibiotic to be able to fight strep antibiotic to be able to fight strep a does it looks like we have, the department of health has said no current supply issues, and therefore its a question of distribution, the its a question of distribution, the question of getting the stuff into the younger blood streams. i think theres something wider here which is that as a western world, really, are becoming so independent on antibiotics that we ...

Bu-s actually saw people being exposed to bugs that _ actually saw people being exposed to bugs that they normally would be. medics— bugs that they normally would be. medics at— bugs that they normally would be. medics at the public health agency are not recommending closing schools. saying this would only have limited impact. and a rise infections does happen every 4—5 years. but that the current outbreak is unusual because it is happening in the winter rather than the spring. while paren...