Baby of British woman who died of swine flu also dies

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0 |2 t  e$ c1 k# n& 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.

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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9 i$ ~$ V9 h2 O8 LFleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.

1 _3 L  o& Y2 g% w  i. G8 ?' KThe 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.

" j+ p* t( C; U* @/ ]& L2 lAlso on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.
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) R9 r; `, T9 w' IAll 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.
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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.
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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.
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% d0 k$ p$ F5 g& f2 |8 }" g/ wWhen 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.

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.

+ z1 x, s+ g; E; D. W& s! RTwo 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.

$ g# o  J! ?' D4 W8 L" V/ EAccording to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.