Baby of British woman who died of swine flu also dies

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  m- v! K% M5 _' ?/ d+ ZA 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.

0 d& T8 W  A; D' f2 ~6 d! Z, WA 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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5 P/ `' N" f* B1 h7 zFleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.
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1 q/ `5 ]# Q, ]1 Y8 ?( ^The 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.

& B& V: A0 x/ p* s+ q+ p: [Also on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.
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8 U7 e. l( ]* {* A  `All of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.
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New cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

As of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.
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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.

  A% ^8 I! O6 h1 dWhen 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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* W& y1 f: q* \' vOn 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.
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7 W  a: ]5 M1 S4 k3 t. xTwo 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.

0 r: k1 M9 M1 ?' q) J" E8 X/ xAccording to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.