A Scottish swine flu victim who gave birth three months prematurely was still critically ill in hospital last night, as the number of confirmed cases across the country rose to almost 200.
The 38-year-old Glasgow woman, who gave birth in the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley last week, is in intensive care. Her baby, in a stable condition in Yorkhill Hospital in Glasgow, is not thought to have the virus.
The Scottish government said that there were another 35 confirmed cases, bringing the total north of the Border to 189. Experts warned this could soon soar more than threefold.
The new cases came after a mircrobiologist, Hugh Pennington, suggested that Scots - particularly those in the West - might be more susceptible than those living