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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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, e$ A/ {7 [' W! j1 u) m9 JCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu." P" ~! t5 I2 `2 F
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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.& Z, I/ L) t& `. Y* X/ S
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.+ u+ w/ |) R7 f6 l
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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.' P/ O+ L0 q- e4 B
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The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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