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Calgary-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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: Q, f$ i0 }0 t* J. G: A/ iAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.
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) N9 v0 b% H1 c0 |7 g3 [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.8 R/ X( x, a+ A7 o/ n$ y3 ^
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.8 v! j. ?0 p# S, J/ h% b2 K
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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.
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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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