UK Health officials are investigating the first confirmed case of a new strain of swine flu
The A(H1N2)v infection was detected in a routine flu screening test at a GP surgery in North Yorkshire.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the person had respiratory symptoms, a mild illness and had fully recovered from the infection.
Investigations will look at where the infection came from and its risk to human health.
Human infections with swine flu viruses do occur – there have been 50 cases of A(H1N2)v reported globally in the past 20 years.
There was a case reported in the United States in August.
The infection found in the UK is slightly different from recent human cases of swine flu globally, health officials say, but similar to viruses in UK pigs.
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