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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus- @1 N( m( N+ ^
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! P; B( y1 }6 R) LCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu., g G6 p$ j' U- C- c* t' L' L+ ], s
/ h2 F9 }! t8 U9 t+ X8 W& _# QAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.
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Dr. 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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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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9 J' @3 T: ^3 ?; B; `3 G$ [+ G/ B6 b- n. mAll 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.9 u8 A; H$ ~9 B0 u4 ]# j
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The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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