This is the second fatal case I've read in as many days from the UK
GIRL DIES OF WINTER SICK BUG
By Greig Box
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GIRL DIES OF WINTER SICK BUG
By Greig Box
A GIRL of 15 died after her school was hit by the winter vomiting bug.
Parents were warned to watch for symptoms of the contagious illness after the unnamed girl died in hospital.
In a letter to parents Philippa Nunn, head of Holt School in Wokingham, Berks, called her death "tragic".
A number of pupils at the state girls' school have been absent in recent weeks with flulike symptoms. It follows outbreaks of norovirus, also known as winter vomiting bug, across the country.
Thousands missed school this week. Nearly 30 schools in Birmingham, the West Midlands, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire closed after staff and children suffered symptoms including violent vomiting, diarrhoea and fever.
And the Health Protection Agency said outbreaks of the influenza B strain - characterised by aches and pains, high temperatures and nausea - have also occurred across the country.
Parents were warned to watch for symptoms of the contagious illness after the unnamed girl died in hospital.
In a letter to parents Philippa Nunn, head of Holt School in Wokingham, Berks, called her death "tragic".
A number of pupils at the state girls' school have been absent in recent weeks with flulike symptoms. It follows outbreaks of norovirus, also known as winter vomiting bug, across the country.
Thousands missed school this week. Nearly 30 schools in Birmingham, the West Midlands, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire closed after staff and children suffered symptoms including violent vomiting, diarrhoea and fever.
And the Health Protection Agency said outbreaks of the influenza B strain - characterised by aches and pains, high temperatures and nausea - have also occurred across the country.
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Laurence Knight, of the HPA, said: "The situation has not improved and in places is getting worse."
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