An outbreak of Scarlet Fever in Scotland has promoted health professionals to issue urgent advice to the public with cases on the rise.
NHS Borders Health Protection team say they are currently monitoring "unseasonably high numbers of scarlet fever in the community".
Anyone with suspected symptoms has been urged to contact them so that early treatment can be given with antibiotics. Scarlet fever is said to be on the rise with the a surge in cases in the UK and globally.
The bacterial illness affects mainly children under ten. Between the early 18th century until penicillin was discovered in the 20th century, outbreaks of scarlet fever was common.
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