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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.1 n1 C$ w3 C$ i5 U9 B1 z
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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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* f2 g, ~+ ?/ ~4 u% rDr. 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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: ]( C% N8 F2 B1 Y4 T# \9 r7 xThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.2 K7 H, b, a0 _ _! O! h
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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.) w6 {2 c% H. l
; ~3 L, c0 S% ~- sThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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