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3 more NYC swine flu deaths raise toll to 15

Three more people - including at least one child - have died of swine flu in New York City, bringing the total number to 15, the city health department said Thursday morning.

The announcement came on the same day the World Health Organization told its member nations it is declaring a swine flu pandemic - the first global flu epidemic in 41 years.

Newsday

Swine flu cases pass 1,000 in UK

BBC

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MINISTERS considered putting Britain into quarantine in a bid to stop the swine flu pandemic reaching the UK.
The shocking disclosure that experts wanted borders closed came as another 83 Scots cases of the virus were diagnosed yesterday — the biggest daily increase so far.

But plans for isolating Britain were scrapped when calculations showed it would only delay the spread of the bug by eight weeks.

ScottishSun

First UK Swine Flu death confirmed

A patient suffering from swine flu has died in hospital, the Scottish Government said tonight.

The patient had underlying health conditions and was one one of ten people who were being treated in hospital in Scotland.

It is the first death in the UK of someone confirmed as having swine flu.

Mirror

Baby loses fight for life after mother becomes first in UK to die from swine flu

The baby of the woman who became the first person in Britain to die from swine flu has lost its battle for life.
Doctors were forced to deliver the baby three months prematurely on June 1 after the mother, Jacqui Fleming, 38, became fell seriously ill.

The baby, named Jack, died this evening at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, Scotland, but is not believed to have contracted the virus.

DailyMail

Warning on swine flu risk to pregnant women
Cases expected to surge in the autumn and winter as UK total tops 1,300

By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor
Independent

London swine flu cases up by 95

BBC