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: x: Z: ] T$ i# i9 tCalgary-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.
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.. i) B5 t" A* m6 Y" v& z8 j
9 i* _8 R: N, qDr. 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.- p7 ]7 [1 E% Z, a2 o& E
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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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- p. c: {$ G) g6 oThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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