Chief Pharmaceutical Officer David Webb says local pharmacies are facing a temporary interruption of supply amid an outbreak that has led to the deaths of 15 children in the UK.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Isle of Wight saw the most scarlet fever infection infections, with 32 recorded over the week ending December 4. Some 1,131 infections were spotted across England and Wales.
Local health protection teams can give antibiotics to groups of children where there has been a Strep A outbreak, the deputy director of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.