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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.. X, O+ l6 {6 I# P& V( H% S
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.& u9 j0 r% O) c d4 f+ {8 u
/ ]* e( C+ ^/ _6 p; eDr. 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.+ y6 d% q. k4 g, _8 T/ N3 u" ?6 M* l
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.1 W. ?0 s9 |& G- d5 w" ?7 b' t
; Q& X, C* L' b `/ D0 `8 f+ ]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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6 G$ z, k% A6 U5 L! ?The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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