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( C7 h2 B" U4 ^+ M* HA 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; Y/ o# t, l) d* X8 ?! ^
% F4 L7 s) `* ^% G/ cA 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 ]; M9 D. ~; c- I' m- p0 |" NFleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said., u! n/ X r" ^
7 K4 o I$ G' {, d) X# f3 oThe 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.
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Also on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu." c% R, m0 N, P( ^/ V0 h
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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.
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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.$ V- ^ M( `6 K: t2 W
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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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When 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.3 |7 h% v% N. l5 I5 u) n
, G" J3 ]. |' ^; f, WOn 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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Two 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.
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According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities. |
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