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# o& B; E% N. D9 s$ ^Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.: c/ _. Q+ f( ^, H
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.
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1 g" M- |7 d! j# f9 iDr. 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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8 G6 p' J' C# r0 }This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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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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$ D! w$ L p. SThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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