PREGNANT women were yesterday urged to get the swine flu jab after a teenage mum-to-be and her unborn tot died.
The unnamed 17-year-old appeared to have no underlying health problems, said Scottish health chiefs.
The news came after the Welsh Assembly said a 21-year-old expectant mum was one of four Welsh victims with swine flu to have died. Her tot survived.
England's Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, said pregnant women were at "higher risk" from the bug and getting the vaccine - available from next Wednesday - was a "sensible approach".
The death of the teenager, from the Borders, and her tot was described as "deeply saddening" by Scotland's Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon.
The other victim, from Monmouthshire, went to hospital for a Caesarean birth on September 25 in Abergavenny, south Wales.
She was transferred to Glenfield Hospital in Leicester and died on October 9.
Out of 106 UK swine flu fatalities, six have been mums-to-be, health chiefs confirmed.
The Health Protection Agency estimates the bug has so far hit 370,000 people, but it could be higher.
