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7 ?4 u1 B8 W" u) cCalgary-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.# e7 P# E j+ E: I! ^3 B0 f( ]: f8 `
: N& |9 e* I3 A N/ sAlberta 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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2 X* F6 i: M' ]1 R; P. e& l1 |This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.# P* k9 ^! b( h, x, ?. p
) _9 }- F% ^1 t6 |6 E }2 B: }' r+ yAll 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.
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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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