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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus: k6 y. |, i8 D0 O) A/ ^4 g
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.+ @, k" h) e% |% `, u; K9 ]
& r) q, p- H' V7 L; d. i( r6 U, u5 RAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.2 p4 q2 t+ n( c/ R9 y0 a6 K
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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.% w6 R$ p: J+ ~
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.7 a* c4 P; \' e3 z9 k) u1 z
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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.
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$ U: |0 T/ P8 a$ i7 d4 Z9 JThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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