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" U: K( o% W+ Y' A( ~A baby born prematurely to a woman in Scotland who subsequently became the first person in Britain to die of swine flu has also died, a health official said Tuesday.
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9 e$ s: T/ Y3 n' XA Scottish government spokesman, who declined to be named in keeping with government policy, said the baby did not die from swine flu.
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5 g7 ]* `& R7 s) @7 |Fleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.+ |, q1 y, D+ n
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The United Kingdom currently has the most confirmed swine flu cases in Europe, with 1,461 cases identified since April. Dozens of other suspected cases await confirmation in Scotland.
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Also on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.
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9 ~ R5 s) a# k8 _+ H& }8 MAll of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.% d! K, h, b* I; ~0 S3 m/ H
% u/ X8 ^+ E. s, Z6 |! ?New cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
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) |) Q# C3 a4 b& m" |3 x. W( w( vAs of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.$ V( T$ s( v# O
5 H, p' m6 D) p- }9 T) }Also on Monday, Croatia's health minister said an earlier report by a WHO lab reporting the country's first case was a mistake.7 `' r( |/ v- x: G: `! f
6 _7 U) O7 o- F! J- F G( L: BWhen a WHO lab based in London doublechecked the finding, the tests were negative, said Health Minister Darko Milinovic. Earlier tests at a Croatian lab were also negative.7 q" @+ e0 n, C, X- d; ~0 A
) @- p( [3 D$ f f4 qOn Tuesday, health officials in Quebec said two more people — a man and a woman each between the ages of 30 and 50 who lived in the Montreal area — had died after contracting swine flu.
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+ M$ M0 q4 y. M6 ~8 @Two people with swine flu in Manitoba also died — a man in his 40s with no known significant underlying health conditions and a woman in her 40s with serious health problems — provincial health officials announced Tuesday. * o( E) ?, {% g% p8 F0 A
! @; q; Z8 L8 k+ R, Y oAccording to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities. |
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