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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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' _0 m7 ]% ]# t8 r( j' ](CP) – 9 hours ago
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3 }1 R! k& l5 WCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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Alberta 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.
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0 [% {% e' _# l7 wThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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, A) h2 l% u& n1 \$ }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.5 o- B+ p* H4 Z% j, c! L
7 e$ J5 S# A/ O( P- aThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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