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A 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.2 V3 |( C+ o. }
1 c9 k+ Q: O; cA Scottish government spokesman, who declined to be named in keeping with government policy, said the baby did not die from swine flu. 5 F) @! O7 j" K- t
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Fleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.
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The 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.' k( w) [' w, c1 o8 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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- d3 z, P' s6 B" |5 R) H- k: K) ~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.- P5 P2 J: F( c1 ]' J
: g& L- S B5 q" b* rAlso 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.; A- A/ v& {9 ^4 n
, ]' }% x9 V" D! r+ M8 z5 U. AOn 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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\5 ?5 c8 q+ n( Q2 e, c/ ~' kTwo 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. / D4 D) ~3 ?1 N4 J4 b
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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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