Baby of British woman who died of swine flu also dies

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5 Y9 O1 P2 l" UA 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.

* T  ]6 j, x: R7 k, C8 fA 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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Fleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.

) W5 c9 i0 \# s1 J5 W+ u' v7 H" cThe 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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& J5 X3 ~) i7 G; n; mAlso on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.
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# a0 c6 v. o/ P) k2 E: JAll of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.

New cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
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) \: F3 D+ O7 V5 v% O8 v  x! |As of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.

- X6 `# Z5 a/ M' a& t; }, yAlso on Monday, Croatia's health minister said an earlier report by a WHO lab reporting the country's first case was a mistake.

$ |- ^& N! @, b  N! ^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.
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: c  Y, A" b  ?: GTwo 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.
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0 v" l! C5 k5 k  QAccording to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.