'There are quite a number of children still being diagnosed.'
Absences have continued to rise at a Co Down school amid an outbreak of illnesses suspected to be related to Strep A bacterium.
He told Belfast Live: "The situation at the moment is that the two children who were hospitalised thankfully are home again but we now have another child who has gone into hospital. They unfortunately haven't been able to diagnose the child yet... "Because clearly at the start a lot of people thought naturally it was just, you know, 'Oh, he's got a high temperature', 'He's got a sore tummy' but those things can develop into something else at the moment."Parents and guardians are being urged to be alert for the signs of group A streptococcal infections by the Public Health Agency .
As well as an increase in notifications of scarlet fever, which is above the levels we usually see at this time of year, the PHA say it is also aware of a higher number of cases of iGAS being reported across the UK.The PHA say scarlet fever mainly affects children under 10, but people of any age can get it. In the early stages, symptoms include a sore throat, headache, and fever, along with a fine, pinkish or red body rash with a sandpapery feel.
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