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Page last updated at 20:57 GMT, Friday, 10 July 2009 21:57 UK

Donaldson warns against flu complacency

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A patient in Essex has become the first person in the UK without underlying health problems to die of swine flu.

NHS East of England said the victim died at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital on Friday.

England's chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson says that although the disease is generally mild, it can still cause death in some cases.

READ MORE: First 'healthy' swine flu death

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