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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus2 z7 `% }. s2 H) Y- z) W7 E
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.- d' y* d, e5 t- N* `2 d
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Alberta 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.: O4 e0 S7 M4 t9 F) R
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All 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.1 P" i) e7 G& ? V! y
1 b) C! i' e: x$ aThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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