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4 _8 \ Q: A, F0 Y7 \/ XCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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# @' O+ ~' i- ]% eCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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! O6 E; z% x: PAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.$ [1 m. f+ \) C5 u1 V
8 ?. v, O% `! a# _) q" BDr. 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.
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" n9 K8 T( s* H4 ?: g3 y" b( l4 mThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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All 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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