Symptoms of 'very infectious' scarlet fever as Helen Flanagan’s kids catch illness

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Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan has revealed that her three children are suffering from scarlet fever. The 31 year old, who is mum to Matilda, six, Delilah, three, and son Charlie, 13 months, took to Instagram to reveal the news.

After sharing a picture of her daughter sleeping, Helen wrote: “All the kids have scarlet fever. Glad to know what it is after Delilah not been herself and the medicine to treat it x.” But Helen isn’t the only parent whose children have caught the infection.

In fact, despite being commonly associated with the Victorian times, parents have been told to keep a lookout for symptoms following an increase in cases in the North West.

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