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) H# l8 z) {$ d( }, b! OCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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(CP) – 9 hours ago
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0 C% m- l: I% o1 @) j6 VCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.( Y+ P" N# A- }+ I# ?+ O* c/ P4 ?
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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." \" \4 L; O& [# [# a* O0 u, s
" _$ e, [6 H. p+ |; X5 P& zThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.' t9 Y( q+ k) n" X; q% S% }
, O( U0 r1 D" a0 R2 YAll 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.8 O2 f9 B) L" Z0 z3 C3 y" p
7 @7 Q& j. j X: k+ S) h- O- oThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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