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7 h+ Y" x" f; N. _# n( oCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus. l# d, b2 O- I ~
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4 @2 q( h6 o( H9 M, aCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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$ `5 f7 P' S" @8 f9 t" i0 I7 xAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.
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$ E4 U" B7 @# TDr. 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.: R7 [6 h( b; w6 F
% y7 i3 y2 x9 U! VThis 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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