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Second UK flu transfer case

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A second person in the UK has fallen ill with swine flu without having visited Mexico, tests have confirmed.

Graeme Pacitti from Falkirk, was infected after contact with the first Britons to develop the flu, Iain and Dawn Askham.

The UK's second "onward transmission" case is thought to be a man in his early 40s from South Gloucestershire

Fergus Walsh reports.

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