Baby of British woman who died of swine flu also dies

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" G8 @; r- K9 j& lA 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.

5 Y5 I1 T/ ^( _& JA 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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* t+ ?: f. U5 k: H7 ~* q& ^/ NFleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.
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- Z1 ^8 |: N9 P9 P8 k4 f; @7 u3 YThe 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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% i7 \6 s* j$ i+ f% aAll of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.

/ j1 P* t( T, W3 n0 R2 ^0 [4 [1 }New cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
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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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& J! i1 A7 k- w8 p# }% h; WAlso 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.
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, D/ f, V5 t8 n) x/ T$ R! UOn 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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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.
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( j- W9 K0 n8 w# n& E* {: X. AAccording to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.