UK Swine Flu couple recovering in Hospital

A Scottish couple who caught swine flu during their Mexican honeymoon are said to be responding well to treatment in hospital.

The newlyweds, Dawn and Ian Askham, from Polmont, near Falkirk, are being treated for the virus after returning from the coastal resort of Cancun. They fell ill at the weekend, days after flying back to the UK. They are being treated in an isolation unit at Monklands Hospital in Airdrie, Lanarkshire.

 Mrs Askham’s father, Brian Colston, said his daughter’s condition was improving, when he spoke at the door of his home in Falkirk today.

Asked how his daughter was doing, he replied: “She’s doing OK, she’s getting better.”

Health officials have said the couple are not seriously ill.

 Seven other people, including close friends and workmates who had come into contact with the couple after they returned are said to be showing “mild symptoms” of the virus, according to Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon