Baby of British woman who died of swine flu also dies

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CBC News
4 J. Z  D" x3 v) w: Y4 z3 aA 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.

A 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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! `7 C4 d8 {! Y8 eFleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.

! j! [, q$ J3 \1 }( ^The 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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9 l4 L6 V( C6 E- U3 H) N2 VAlso on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.
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All of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.
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/ G& ?. Q5 @1 I5 k3 ENew cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

As of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.
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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.

, c  f3 @) ^- O3 A& e( ZTwo 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.

' d( G& F: a; n: ?According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.