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Jul 2019

Thirteenth patient dies from Essex strep A outbreak

Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has said two new cases of the invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) bacterium have been found in the West Essex CCG area and have been linked to the recent outbreak. They added that one of the recently diagnosed patients has since died. The infection was found in the Braintree…

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02
Jul 2019

‘Very serious’ outbreak of strep A in Essex leaves 12 dead

It has emerged that twelve people in Essex have died following an outbreak of the invasive Group A streptococcal (iGAS) infection. Public Health England have since issued a warning that the ‘ongoing outbreak’ carried a ‘high risk’ of further fatalities. The cases, most of whom the Mid Essex CCG report said were “elderly and had…

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