Explainer: What Is the Deadly Strep Hitting Canada in Record Numbers

Explainer: What Is the Deadly Strep Hitting Canada in Record Numbers
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The type of strep that has infected an increasing number of people across several Canadian provinces in the past few months can be life-threatening, according to experts.

“There are many types of Group A strep,” UBC professor of microbiology and immunology Bob Hancock told The Epoch Times. “There’s also things like Strep throat, but this is the worst manifestation of it basically because of this flesh-eating disease, which can cause people to lose limbs or go into very, very serious disease or even die.”