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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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1 B2 E/ g, |3 c0 o: J3 {CALGARY — 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.) A! t8 l/ X" W0 q! B" y+ s7 I
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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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: p. q; J! i' p& Z- yThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.- }# L* N9 y6 O$ K `' ~2 z$ n0 V
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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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