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ALT Child with medium brown skin with a red, swollen tongue covered in little bumps (called "strawberry tongue").
ALT Child with white skin with a rash on their face. The rash appears red and pink.
ALT Child with light brown skin with a rash on their chest. The rash appears as raised bumps.
ALT Child with white skin with a rash on their arms, neck and chest. The rash appears red and pink.
ALT Kate Kubacki shaking hands with Aaron Phipps and receiving her Pennine Care People Award
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