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2 w% Z, F, `3 Z+ F1 n0 dCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus' v' c8 o' f0 F5 n9 V
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! H$ Y6 A; B ICALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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9 C# q( h$ o* k& y5 s/ E! QAlberta 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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) Y" w8 ~3 L- K* T! `* C NThis 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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# h, V! X; ]0 F2 M2 ?The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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