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/ x4 }0 F. y9 u# X/ ZCalgary-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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. I% F& G' h+ ]Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.
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, S1 c: M( ^3 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.( Q# H9 U7 t y/ O4 ]1 [ D
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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- T9 _4 E: b% K8 L6 d l$ xAll 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.& K1 G2 i8 W! ~. _: u" L$ {6 v
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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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