Surrey school pupil dies of bacterial infection with another in hospital

Pupils and staff of Ashford Church of England primary put on antibiotics after six-year-old died of group A streptococcal infection

A six-year-old pupil is reported to have died and another was being cared for in hospital after an outbreak of an invasive bacteria at a primary school in Surrey.

The BBC reported the pupils at Ashford Church of England primary school were believed to be in the same year group, with the second child recovering in hospital.