Baby of British woman who died of swine flu also dies

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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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2 \" |; U7 x- z6 X2 B4 |A Scottish government spokesman, who declined to be named in keeping with government policy, said the baby did not die from swine flu.



( O: T0 B0 A5 h  s3 DFleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.
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The 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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# ~; G! p6 _/ A- _Also on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.
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" n5 g9 O. |" ^7 S/ mAll of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.
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( n! M) A1 u0 \2 b9 X  e! ?$ eNew cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
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# x: Q( |4 B; x# s, i0 PAs of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.

Also on Monday, Croatia's health minister said an earlier report by a WHO lab reporting the country's first case was a mistake.

( F6 h; [% h5 F, a/ ^/ cWhen 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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, h$ Z* k) v; J& w( y! SAccording to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.