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Chicken pox after a birthday party

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gmh27 · 19/01/2026 08:22

My DD had her birthday party this Saturday just gone (ball pit, bouncy castle etc). A mother of one of the children has told me this morning (monday 2 days later) that her child has woken up covered in chicken pox.

Are my DD and DS likely to have caught it? We go on a long haul holiday in less than two weeks that cost us a lot of money and I am now panicking 😞

TIA

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