Baby of British woman who died of swine flu also dies

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8 X* c9 p6 W, M+ i1 KA 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.

: r8 F7 {& k9 c2 |' dA 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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) O- T7 t% c/ |Fleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.

3 z8 i% V/ h0 [- UThe 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.

3 _0 ]! e  V$ `; `2 A: dAll of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.

New cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
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2 J: |5 w0 d4 P+ QAs of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.

Also on Monday, Croatia's health minister said an earlier report by a WHO lab reporting the country's first case was a mistake.

When 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.

4 J! D% }" [3 r" ?6 CTwo 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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( C* N0 l/ H' V3 t3 I0 }6 NAccording to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.