A pregnant woman who was admitted to hospital in Scotland after contracting swine flu has given birth prematurely.
The baby was born on Monday afternoon, at 29 weeks' gestation, in the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. The child is stable in intensive care.
The 38-year-old mother, who is said to be critically ill, is one of several people in hospital with the virus.
The total number of swine flu cases in the UK reached 508 after another 49 cases were confirmed on Friday.
The other people in hospital with the virus include a 44-year-old woman from Renfrewshire who is in intensive care, a women aged 23, and two men aged 45 and 37.
Global spread
The condition of the 37-year-old man has improved and he has been moved from intensive care to a high-dependency unit.
Of the new cases confirmed on Friday, 27 were in England and 22 in Scotland.
Of those in England, 14 were in London and five were in the South East.
Of the cases in Scotland, 16 were in the Highland health board area, five in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and one in Forth Valley.
The virus is now in 66 countries, with the majority of cases - including 117 deaths - in Mexico and the US. Read more...
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