Man in contact with infected Scottish couple returning from Mexico regarded as 'probable' case
Health authorities fear the first case of someone catching swine flu within the UK has emerged in Scotland, in a man in "close contact" with the couple who returned from Mexico last week with the virus.
The Scottish health secretary, Nicola Sturgeon, said the man, who lives near Iain and Dawn Askham in the Falkirk area, was now a "probable" swine flu case after an initial test found that he had influenza A the family of flu viruses which includes swine flu.
The disclosure this afternoon came soon after the Askhams, a newly married couple from Polmont, were discharged from the specialist isolation unit at Monklands hospital in Airdrie, after five nights of treatment there.