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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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# b( }0 l6 m8 k; Y(CP) – 9 hours ago
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: S4 ^" T3 a4 y% c' {% C2 t3 SCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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. g% s w5 F- n2 U" n; M" hAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.
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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.# X: f7 N* |- |* Z
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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( m4 A& y4 T/ m6 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.2 B, k- C2 s0 _( a* }1 i7 ~
; ^6 ]! } X, a PThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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