Nobody knows for sure why more children than usual have died due to the group A streptococcus bacterium this year, but increased mixing and viral infections may be factors. Here's what we know so far about the strep A deaths occurring in the UK
Scarlet fever is most common in young children, but people can develop strep A complications at any age. Invasive strep A is more common in people over 75 than in children. No older people are known to have died from the condition in the current outbreak so far.. Treating strep throat and scarlet fever with antibiotics lowers the already very low risk of invasive illness.Strep A-related deaths in children are rare in the UK, but there was a similar outbreak before.
In the current outbreak, the deaths have occurred in children under 10, aside from one 12-year-old fatality.Nobody knows for sure, but there is speculation that it is a result of a high strep A infection rate this year after a very low rate amid therestrictions. During this time, socialising was limited and the use of protective measures, such as face masks, warded off other infections as well as the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
In other words, lots of kids who didn’t get strep A in 2020 or 2021 are getting infected this year – what some call
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