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UK: Two cases of swine flu confirmed in Scotland


28 Apr 2009 4:38 AM

Two people have tested positive for swine flu in Scotland.

Scottish Health Minister NICOLA STURGEON has confirmed two patients are being treated at a hospital in Airdrie .. east of Glasgow .. for the virus .. which is believed to have killed more than 100 people in Mexico.

STURGEON says the pair .. who returned from holiday in Mexico on April 21 .. had mild flu symptoms.

Another 22 people who've had contact with the pair have been given preventive anti-viral drugs .. and seven of those had displayed mild flu-like symptoms.

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