Scarlet Fever — United Kingdom
A total of 15 people in the borough [in Surrey county, England] have contracted the highly infectious scarlet fever illness since the beginning of the year [2016], with more cases likely to rise as the seasons change. In February [2016] a staggering 7 cases were reported in the borough in just one week.
Scarlet fever, which is so named because of the red rash which appears on the person’s face, legs, arm and chest, is a bacterial infection, which affects mostly children. Since the
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