London:
It is the first swine flu death in the United Kingdom; the victim is a 38-year-old woman who gave birth prematurely at a hospital. It is the first death reported outside the US.
As many as 1,261 cases of swine flu has been confirmed in the UK and an increasing number of sporadic cases are being reported from across the country.
AP adds:
This was also the first death from the H1N1 strain of influenza reported outside the Americas by the World Health Organisation in Geneva or the European Centers for Disease Control in Stockholm, which both keep tabs on confirmed cases of swine flu and deaths from the illness in countries around the world.
Scotland's government said the patient suffering from swine flu died at a hospital there.
It said the patient was one of 10 people being treated for the influenza at the facility.
"The patient had underlying health conditions," the government statement said, without saying what they were.
Britain has been harder hit by the virus than elsewhere in Europe.
Friday's last WHO report said 74 countries have officially reported 29,669 cases of swine flu, including 145 deaths.
Fatalities had occurred in eight countries in the Americas: Mexico, the United States, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala.
As many as 1,261 cases of swine flu has been confirmed in the UK and an increasing number of sporadic cases are being reported from across the country.
AP adds:
This was also the first death from the H1N1 strain of influenza reported outside the Americas by the World Health Organisation in Geneva or the European Centers for Disease Control in Stockholm, which both keep tabs on confirmed cases of swine flu and deaths from the illness in countries around the world.
Scotland's government said the patient suffering from swine flu died at a hospital there.
It said the patient was one of 10 people being treated for the influenza at the facility.
"The patient had underlying health conditions," the government statement said, without saying what they were.
Britain has been harder hit by the virus than elsewhere in Europe.
Friday's last WHO report said 74 countries have officially reported 29,669 cases of swine flu, including 145 deaths.
Fatalities had occurred in eight countries in the Americas: Mexico, the United States, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala.
