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" W5 o) J3 _- x( X$ o& ?Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus9 N' Z6 T# p% X# X% i1 n
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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1 ~6 c' E; h0 [' z6 n) C+ `. pAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.
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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.& ~0 k# K* b. B/ z) V( F: ?& @
, X, J" a6 ~( L b4 \This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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& Y: B7 K$ `1 ^3 qAll 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.8 a: A2 w) z9 L; W7 _
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The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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