Baby of British woman who died of swine flu also dies

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. z6 R4 k5 ?2 n. ]( R/ j- {7 B9 bA baby born prematurely to a woman in Scotland who subsequently became the first person in Britain to die of swine flu has also died, a health official said Tuesday.

+ ?9 D  w+ N( ]6 t) l' x. ^1 JA Scottish government spokesman, who declined to be named in keeping with government policy, said the baby did not die from swine flu.

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2 k& P# e3 A, o  [Fleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.

" f: X) F. N9 bThe United Kingdom currently has the most confirmed swine flu cases in Europe, with 1,461 cases identified since April. Dozens of other suspected cases await confirmation in Scotland.
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Also on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.
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" z* e9 T/ r1 N9 |$ SAll of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.

New cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

& R# s( S$ n8 z* _+ N. |' KAs of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.

/ V( h5 J- ]" e: t- GAlso on Monday, Croatia's health minister said an earlier report by a WHO lab reporting the country's first case was a mistake.

- `8 ~8 P/ J: u2 ^When a WHO lab based in London doublechecked the finding, the tests were negative, said Health Minister Darko Milinovic. Earlier tests at a Croatian lab were also negative.

1 w2 l+ d( b. m" @: LOn Tuesday, health officials in Quebec said two more people — a man and a woman each between the ages of 30 and 50 who lived in the Montreal area — had died after contracting swine flu.

/ e, Q% y8 b, sTwo people with swine flu in Manitoba also died — a man in his 40s with no known significant underlying health conditions and a woman in her 40s with serious health problems — provincial health officials announced Tuesday.
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0 G1 }3 e8 ^1 t0 K5 uAccording to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.