At Alder Hey Children's hospital in Liverpool, the emergency department is packed.
Waiting times are advertised as five and a half hours, but one nurse tells me it's much longer than that. In fact, the lead consultant for the Emergency Department, Dr Bimal Mehta, says the past two days have been their busiest on record. He told Sky News, the rise in Strep A cases is a worry."We have seen our busiest days ever over the last few days here. Over the winter, we've seen a lot more Strep A and Scarlet Fever patients than we have over the last few years.
Doctors and scientists know a lot about Strep A already, many like Dr Mehta are warning the majority of cases will result in a mild cold and antibiotics will work to help tackle the infection. But after a suggestion from the government that penicillin could be rolled out into classrooms with reported outbreaks - pharmacists are puzzled.
Let’s be honest: another Brexit “benefit”.
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Everywhere is short on drug supplies, food drink too since we left EU.
After all that the article still ends up calling Strep A a virus!
So damn worried about climate change proper pronouns are children left in the dust
That's it you cause a good old panic. Responsible journalism......