A soldier from Coleraine, County Londonderry, has died after contracting swine flu.
30-year-old Lee Porter, a bombardier in the Royal Artillery, died in a Surrey hospital last Friday, two weeks after falling sick. It is understood he had underlying health problems.
In a statement, the Ministry of Defence said: "Our thoughts go out to his family, who were at his bedside."
He is the 28th person known to have died after getting swine flu in England. Three people have died in Scotland.
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