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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus. z9 w; Z8 I; w# |
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(CP) – 9 hours ago# ?9 f( w. i4 X$ l S. r( ] h
+ n' a2 _: R% F0 S8 n8 qCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu./ [& c' T3 C6 v8 }( I, }0 W
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.# F0 f, v4 E7 z/ |
* n: [: k+ h# A( U1 Q- l8 w$ w: TDr. 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.6 y! H$ R5 D; d& D
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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$ K, F, U6 w0 g& {" v; E, EAll 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.
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) h j9 |1 N5 ~$ q# @2 k9 PThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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