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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus+ F ]! X! G3 N# E' c' r2 ^
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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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6 {+ f4 W/ f {2 x& kAlberta 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.
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region./ F2 l1 Q4 ~ q& l" ]5 N& R+ p
; ] `" Q% H9 y1 W. P) M6 F8 s oAll 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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3 n: j4 v+ w" i$ F: s, PThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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