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A child aged three has died from a suspected case of swine flu .
The disease is believed to have affected at least three other kids living nearby.
The youngster, who died last week, came from Corby, Northants, and is thought to have attended a private nursery there.
Health officials have been called in for talks with worried parents.
Public Health England said: “We have sent letters to close contacts of the case advising them of the situation.”
It stressed no cause of death is yet confirmed but said the victim tested positive for flu and invasive group A strepto*coccal infection.
That is one of several serious bacterial conditions that can include pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis.
A parent of one of the sick youngsters said hospital doctors confirmed that their one-year-old son had the virus.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...-child-7592127
The disease is believed to have affected at least three other kids living nearby.
The youngster, who died last week, came from Corby, Northants, and is thought to have attended a private nursery there.
Health officials have been called in for talks with worried parents.
Public Health England said: “We have sent letters to close contacts of the case advising them of the situation.”
It stressed no cause of death is yet confirmed but said the victim tested positive for flu and invasive group A strepto*coccal infection.
That is one of several serious bacterial conditions that can include pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis.
A parent of one of the sick youngsters said hospital doctors confirmed that their one-year-old son had the virus.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...-child-7592127