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A baby born prematurely to a woman in Scotland who subsequently became the first person in Britain to die of swine flu has also died, a health official said Tuesday.
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A Scottish government spokesman, who declined to be named in keeping with government policy, said the baby did not die from swine flu.
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Fleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.9 C) O9 L1 e i* M+ q. B0 N
% \% h& o6 e0 a) e# D UThe United Kingdom currently has the most confirmed swine flu cases in Europe, with 1,461 cases identified since April. Dozens of other suspected cases await confirmation in Scotland.
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3 U+ Q4 l/ P4 a( xAlso on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.5 ` D1 t j8 H A0 h
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All of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.3 U! p1 s0 F7 G
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New cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
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As of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths., v: R$ t3 a; s: `4 |* L) ^# K
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Also on Monday, Croatia's health minister said an earlier report by a WHO lab reporting the country's first case was a mistake.9 v, K: h v( N# F6 ^# r
5 P& ~( p! O0 w" G' VWhen a WHO lab based in London doublechecked the finding, the tests were negative, said Health Minister Darko Milinovic. Earlier tests at a Croatian lab were also negative.
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On Tuesday, health officials in Quebec said two more people — a man and a woman each between the ages of 30 and 50 who lived in the Montreal area — had died after contracting swine flu.- g2 M' W- y. m
5 g* } X& d# STwo people with swine flu in Manitoba also died — a man in his 40s with no known significant underlying health conditions and a woman in her 40s with serious health problems — provincial health officials announced Tuesday.
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According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities. |
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