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" F1 M5 g4 \% u5 Z4 iCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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0 [7 N# w/ j4 ]0 L; ?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.
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! S. G8 E' u. p& l: e# Y- a( JDr. 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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; w: L% D( b# C( @This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.& P' z, y- y1 L+ Z7 K. V: U
" ?( Z: V2 w& W( J8 E) yAll 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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) O: m/ y$ a W# EThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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