Baby of British woman who died of swine flu also dies

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CBC News
6 r1 {& d6 }+ v7 i5 y! HA 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.
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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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2 M7 d. e' y$ A2 ^0 qFleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.

7 Z6 A. k% B6 m( w. W; h4 w. yThe 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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Also on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.
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4 S1 i, G: s$ O3 C$ e2 i" K1 J0 q/ pAll of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.

9 P9 V* C' m- s0 M7 A% x9 X8 uNew 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.

Also on Monday, Croatia's health minister said an earlier report by a WHO lab reporting the country's first case was a mistake.
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% ^- g5 Z7 G8 v0 v4 vWhen 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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$ @: J- ^( n$ {# R  tTwo 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.

According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.