Baby of British woman who died of swine flu also dies

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* r) U7 E8 i$ xA 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.
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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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3 y) `/ _' `' L8 P; XFleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.

. r. _2 D2 K: _: E, 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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- F- j$ @7 n8 r; _$ h) _Also on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.
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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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4 {0 L# \5 S/ b3 L# U2 f5 \8 ?( YNew cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

. c9 `1 C0 R: {( _# EAs of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.

Also on Monday, Croatia's health minister said an earlier report by a WHO lab reporting the country's first case was a mistake.

3 d, h1 c: _$ L7 _6 ]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.
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* x8 P% @( x1 l9 H4 p9 e, o9 [+ l! ?$ d, DOn 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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" Y* H5 r' @) `* V- e  Q6 C/ y) iTwo 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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% v0 u, `, _1 g# wAccording to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.