STREPTOCOCCUS, GROUP A, SCARLET FEVER, FATAL - CHINA: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION


Hong Kong scientists are warning of a deadly new strain of scarlet fever that has killed 2 children and infected dozens more in an outbreak across the city. Mainland China and the former Portuguese colony of Macau have also seen a surge in scarlet fever cases, which health officials say is linked to a mutation of the bacterium that causes the disease. Experts are warning that the scarlet fever outbreak may yet worsen.
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