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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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(CP) – 9 hours ago
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' Y% n( l5 w) A7 QCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.
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3 j+ ?: B0 T. T: yDr. Gerry Predy, the province's senior officer of medical health, says the victim was admitted to hospital in early July and died about three weeks later.1 `/ ^5 A0 j: ?8 M3 y! r) X! ?
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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& R2 p4 K) @9 nAll five people to die so far in Alberta have been women, but Predy says he doesn't believe there is a propensity for the virus to cause illness in females.
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f6 J A% t! U! n' j; @The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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