Jacqueline Fleming: the first person to die from the H1N1 (swine flu) virus outside the Americas
Jacqueline Fleming, 38 of Scotland is the first person to die of the virus outside the Americas.
The mother of 2, who had only given birth to her second son, a premature baby on 1st June while having been critically ill for weeks, died in intensive care on 14th June 2009.
She had “underlying health problems.”
If it was any consolation, the baby does not have the virus.
The death rate is now 1 in 200 infections.
There have been almost 500 people in Scotland infected, mostly in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 9 now being hospitalised.
As for England, 752 have been infected, mostly around Birmingham.
As for the whole of Great Britain, more than 1,000 have been infected.
As for the rest of Europe, 680.
Worldwide, there have been 145 confirmed deaths, mostly in Mexico and the US.
Now this is getting scary, you could get infected even while shopping for home lighting in your local supermarket!
Source
The Guardian (UK), 15 June 2009
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