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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus& F2 h" s; p o
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(CP) – 9 hours ago
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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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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 M: o( m+ o6 M5 h3 d% k
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.3 ]6 G- R! f9 ], \1 T
9 s6 G$ d3 j" d8 o0 `: ?" JAll 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.# G: s4 Y% W0 F8 ?3 Y9 U
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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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