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Sir Frank Atherton told BBC One's Breakfast programme: 'Look after each other and keep the NHS capacity for those who really need it.'
Emily Tredwell-Scott, eight, died on December 22 with health chiefs probing links to an 'invasive' strain of Step A. Police enquiries are still ongoing regarding the death in Lampeter, Cardiganshire.
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.