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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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: h- K# h5 @9 G, q7 o+ p# G5 L- x, qCALGARY — 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.
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' E* C2 R W+ z6 s* g# Q& E' mDr. 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.# L" K( o! O$ s% r: W( s6 k* V( e
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region., d+ W# [3 p# U [ k9 L
% \, T$ ~0 ]! k+ \* e1 HAll 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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