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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.% ^+ |3 F! j0 i9 I) G
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.: U1 J+ T. T0 y+ K) k1 g
2 U5 o( P7 ]) D/ j8 L1 L. i2 ^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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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.5 }" z% J w6 M6 Q2 ^) z
9 S0 J2 T. t5 R2 K: O! i, i, WAll 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.% V7 D4 N$ O( o/ N* }" j0 j; C* c
$ C; D# @; P, k* y. m7 DThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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