Please see important information from Tameside Council.
Please get GP advice with any of the below symptoms:
- The first signs of Scarlett Fever can be flu-like symptoms, including a high temperature, headache and a sore throat.
- A rash appears 12 to 48 hours later. On white skin it looks like small, red or pink raised bumps and starts on the chest and tummy, then spreads. The rash can be harder to see on darker skin but it will feel rough, like sandpaper.
- Sometimes a white coating also appears on the tongue. This peels, leaving the tongue red, swollen and covered in little bumps bright red tongue called a ‘strawberry tongue’.
- Flushed cheeks and with a pale area around the mouth.
Parents are asked to inform school if children are diagnosed with scarlet fever, impetigo and strep throat