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.
Swedish researchers have found an antibody that fights off Strep A bacteria in an unusual way, which they believe could be key to developing a vaccine.