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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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( v, r: ]1 ~' |CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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# m$ g. d+ m; L, c/ {& AAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.& s1 r" i4 @* Q: V4 E
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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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/ U3 B, g. o1 w/ c. \* e! {. A" iThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.4 E* E1 q, W$ ?$ n0 ?$ D
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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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