ANTIBIOTIC supplies for Strep A are going from bad to worse, warn pharmacists, while a probe has been launched into rocketing prices.
Thousands of children have been infected with Strep A since September, with 16 deaths.
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Dr Leyla Hannbeck, of the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies, said stocks of antibiotics are “poor”.
She added: “People are having to go from one pharmacy to another.
“It’s chaos.”
The Competition and Markets Authority is investigating after some suppliers upped the cost from £2 per pack to £11.
Public Health Wales is also looking into the death of Jacob McNeill, four, from Powys who may be the 17th victim.
The Department of Health said manufacturers “have supplies”.