A second Briton has died after contracting swine flu, the Scottish government said on Sunday.
The 73-year-old man died in hospital in Paisley, central Scotland, late Saturday and had "serious underlying health problems", having been in intensive care for two weeks.
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"It's important to remember that the vast majority of those who have H1N1 are suffering from relatively mild symptoms."
The dead man's identity has not been released. A spokesman for his family said: "Our beloved relative was private in life and we would ask that his privacy continues to be respected".
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Influenza (or rather, the flu) is a cold weather infectious condition that affects the young and old alike. Though most reported cases are mild, the flu can sometimes cause severe and life-threatening complications in both children and adults, thanks to wrong medications and improper vaccinations. Learn more about the disease from our Flu Quiz and guard yourself and your family from a possible infection.
Earlier this month, another Scot, 38-year-old Jacqueline Fleming, became the first person with swine flu to die outside the Americas. She also had underlying health problems.
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