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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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# R! ?3 s6 l7 U& b7 m(CP) – 9 hours ago
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.4 s2 H, V2 O; ^( D8 `% m' y8 a
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.% y0 K) `. |! ^" _% O
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Dr. 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.
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) w! d3 W! }% n8 c1 F+ _9 y8 s' W% mThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region., P) `7 q! J, d4 p2 m! j3 R8 C
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All 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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8 e% ^& |0 \& e7 ]/ M, pThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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