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9 v9 {5 j) Q2 l Y* S7 l4 bA 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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A 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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Fleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.
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7 n' e5 U0 M z% p5 DThe 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.; I8 }" t; \+ Q( U( ?
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All of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.& q: H" b) Y h! x1 i! s' n, I
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New cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.: O- |( m; r- p- V5 g# x
3 o# s% w- g# K$ ?- K/ y f8 \As of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.
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- S- b$ s6 R) G3 `: k5 cAlso on Monday, Croatia's health minister said an earlier report by a WHO lab reporting the country's first case was a mistake.
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When 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 C( J6 `2 p1 ~
3 Q ^2 h- L Q1 H& F9 |# 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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) D6 f; L, V0 {, Q8 DTwo 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.
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According 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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