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A 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. - V, x' g( R2 A) V0 p/ U
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Fleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.
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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./ Z, u: o- Z' ~- R
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Also on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.
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1 z% `% C* r6 U5 BAll of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.7 p. }& |( k1 n* ?. u3 K- o
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New cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.- n3 i% t0 I: D+ g
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As of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.* G; P" ~0 j# K9 z8 G
+ _( X" f3 h! O% HAlso 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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$ w7 e% Z$ Y4 j! x9 u+ a3 RWhen 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.* Y* m) G, m; q! p
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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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Two 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. " F8 c: ]) Q8 j/ _: a9 i, n8 e' j
, q0 I/ B* S0 @3 V1 OAccording to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities. |
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