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( ?4 _8 b- g) `5 `$ B0 rCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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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.+ u9 M% f7 r) \" Q' z
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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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5 c, p5 T2 c$ ~7 W* D6 `This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.& ^+ f, \3 q" V0 O4 D, a
, V5 s. F! k4 O% BAll 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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+ q; L6 R1 V# P9 M3 FThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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