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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus5 F3 R, w; Y1 p+ Q) A
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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8 t+ a. o: W) y3 O/ D: H5 |Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.
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. C+ n7 q" y- A9 s, o( wDr. 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.0 f3 P1 \- s* v5 J8 x; s
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region." S; N9 @. R* ~; v' ~- @& [7 p
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All 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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The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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