Strep A home-test kits sell out after spate of UK deaths sparks panic buying
by Harry Taylor from World news | The Guardian on (#66QG0)
Pharmacists also report difficulties finding supplies of antibiotics to treat the infection
Strep A home-testing kits have sold out online as parents rush to find ways to diagnose their children's rashes and high temperatures.
The panic-buying follows the deaths of at least 16 children from invasive strep A infections in the UK, with the latest fatality involving a secondary school pupil at Hove Park school in Hove on Friday.
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