Children at primary schools affected by the Strep A outbreak could be given antibiotics as a blanket prevention measure, in a move described as rare by health officials.A government minister revealed the plan in response to the eighth death of a child from the infection.According to the i, the highly unusual move would see penicillin or an alternative antibiotic given to all children in a year group that had been hit by a case of Strep A even if they did not have symptoms.
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