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A 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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3 k" N2 E1 H* x0 h kA Scottish government spokesman, who declined to be named in keeping with government policy, said the baby did not die from swine flu. & O& Q# B7 z; F6 n& n" Y$ P
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Fleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said. I2 L$ @' x0 W8 d3 ~
* `- y7 Y) I( hThe 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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! m! ~5 p( V8 q4 FAlso on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.* r+ i. y! }& A2 }; l# K* R
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All of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.
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New cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.6 F/ N. ~# u" j, A$ P5 v f
2 J4 k B) b5 V9 Q& V. }% d" GAs of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.8 L L8 i7 K0 _1 [/ @ {( r
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Also 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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On 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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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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