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! ?7 p7 U$ B: VCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus9 U ^; d! g, p1 }/ M; I+ c
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8 \* A' A; A/ }CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.( u( x; [- B* J v8 ~% v
2 k/ V( J2 @: N: ^ Y) b, D$ [6 X2 rAlberta 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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8 l# _3 N# T1 DThis 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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The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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