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http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/sc...6908-21852689/ TWO more swine flu patients have died, taking the total number of deaths linked to the virus to 45, it has emerged. An elderly person and another younger adult, both from the Lanarkshire area, have died. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said: "My heart goes out to both people's families and friends. This is very sad and our thoughts are with them." The deaths were announced...

Three more swine flu patients have died, taking the total number of deaths linked to the virus to 46, it has emerged. An adult from the Lothian area, who had no other health conditions, was one of the fatalities. And an elderly person and another younger adult, both from the Lanarkshire area, also died. Both these patients had other health problems. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said the families and friends of those who had died had her...

New drug-resistant swine flu case Officials say Tamiflu vaccinations are still an effective tool against swine flu A sixth person has tested positive for a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu, public health officials say. The patient is linked to five people who last week became the world's first confirmed cases of person-to-person transmission of such as a strain. Another person in direct contact with the group at University Hospital...

Social : Tragedy of girl, five, struck by swine flu: Three GPs and a hospital doctor thought she had tonsillitis by SANOJ RAJ on 25-Nov-09 1:50am A five-year-old girl suffering from swine flu died after doctors took two weeks to diagnose her illness, it was claimed last night. Nida Qureshi was seen by three GPs and a hospital doctor who told her parents she may have tonsillitis. By the time doctors discovered that she had the H1N1 virus, the...

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/s...st/8378166.stm Swine flu-linked deaths in Scotland rise to 43 The number of deaths linked to swine flu in Scotland has risen to 43. One of the three most recent people to die after contracting H1N1 was an adult from Glasgow who had no underlying health problems. Two other adults - one from Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the other from Highland - have also died after catching the virus. Both of them...

Ok ta. I'm in the border hills and the only people I know who have had it work in the local hospital.

United Kingdom. HPA - HPA statement on possible transmission (11/20/09, edited) HPA statement on possible transmission 20 November 2009 The HPA is working with colleagues from the Public Health Service of Wales to investigate a number of possible cases of person to person transmission of oseltamivir resistant swine flu. To date, a total of nine H1N1v confirmed cases have been reported amongst patients on a hospital ward in Wales. Five of...

United Kingdom. HPA - HPA statement on possible transmission (11/20/09, edited) HPA statement on possible transmission 20 November 2009 The HPA is working with colleagues from the Public Health Service of Wales to investigate a number of possible cases of person to person transmission of oseltamivir resistant swine flu. To date, a total of nine H1N1v confirmed cases have been reported amongst patients on a hospital ward in Wales. Five of...

The Home Office has held talks with coffin manufacturers about increasing production if deaths from swine flu rise. The funeral industry believes the number of coffins being made could be increased by 150 per cent were more Britons to fall victim to the pandemic. Most recent figures show there have been 142 deaths linked to the H1N1 virus in England, with an estimated 53,000 new cases in the past week week and 783 people in hospital suffering...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/s...st/8378166.stm Swine flu-linked deaths in Scotland rise to 41 The vaccine for the virus is being targeted at priority groups The number of deaths linked to swine flu in Scotland has risen to 41. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said an adult from the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area, with an underlying health condition, died after contracting H1N1. She said swine flu was a "mild illness" but...