Baby of British woman who died of swine flu also dies

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+ F+ _/ r2 D6 B( r& o0 IA 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.

4 D7 e" O7 f+ x( L+ gA 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.
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The 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.
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4 W+ J8 c, Q% J8 U* EAll of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.
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  q( M+ x9 \. l9 l/ V% ONew 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.

9 ~6 i. [' C8 f: mAlso on Monday, Croatia's health minister said an earlier report by a WHO lab reporting the country's first case was a mistake.

3 `! x' ?8 T( A4 iWhen 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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On 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.
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- T  C: C" B3 F1 zTwo 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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' ]) ~: D6 {' p+ R- Q: S# E1 |According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.