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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.