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) I! o* K3 V, K5 k @% o$ pCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus* j9 j) f' E4 P: V
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(CP) – 9 hours ago
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, a6 k/ i' I4 j* A0 ZCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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9 B3 \- P7 Z' M: P g" ]Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.
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0 t- H! w) u: h) N& P9 `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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. e* |: U5 I! w; mThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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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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2 x I! J4 m# Z: F/ R: ~The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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