Baby of British woman who died of swine flu also dies

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# j. C% Z' J! w8 X; _; W7 }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.

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5 y9 l9 f/ k$ e5 CFleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.

7 F5 O- F$ i: U5 sThe 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.

6 _' y; l$ U7 n/ U0 j: UAlso on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.
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6 ^# {& |" c0 q) ^All of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.
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7 j. Q5 f+ R" v7 X, a$ }2 O: F( ANew 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.
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& z# m7 r# z4 u5 BAlso on Monday, Croatia's health minister said an earlier report by a WHO lab reporting the country's first case was a mistake.

) \' H$ B& O- l! [* u0 a4 eWhen 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.

2 m+ H. y: W% H# g, P9 \0 z4 VOn 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.

1 n2 t% F: t0 m+ W1 X/ V% |2 [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.
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) Y" q9 B) ^6 Z5 ?# e4 X" cAccording to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.