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A 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.2 S' d2 m/ v. N/ C# J* `' e. _
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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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Fleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.& b' u, b2 m. {8 K# g
1 v% |$ r7 L3 V, F/ EThe 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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Also on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.+ w, Z( x8 h: d5 f& a' v: U
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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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- |1 E2 b" l7 y+ ?New cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
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As of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.
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Also on Monday, Croatia's health minister said an earlier report by a WHO lab reporting the country's first case was a mistake.% |) r# H8 c' n, ]5 w
) Q3 J; {1 Z9 S; b# n2 ?, W# YWhen 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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5 B2 d B; X" M7 s7 c% z7 H# H3 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.; ]6 j8 t$ Z4 m: Q( a+ z$ v* m
# @% l1 P0 y& S4 m& ^Two 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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- V" R$ `: Z* CAccording to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities. |
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