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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus+ ~6 {6 l( b' ]; O' p
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, t$ O3 X4 L9 e0 CCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.4 T6 U& ~" f. x. @# Z' [! z5 e
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.- [" s% Q# }- ]
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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. q& y3 e' |& W# ~+ n
% [' D; {# g; `# x0 JThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.# K6 |& x' T7 q+ M
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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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