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% r% q1 ^) n3 Q" M7 VCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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* s' h1 Y S' H' ]CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu./ W; ]2 h* |* K. b; A
1 r4 P1 I3 `$ U8 ~! sAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.
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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.( h* X# o- A" v! T% E
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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s( g' g1 E; \2 b3 VAll 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.! h, D& O% y O: W. \- P# k
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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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