Baby of British woman who died of swine flu also dies

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CBC News
A 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.

, D; B' s. h7 [4 M) TA 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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: V0 J  _! k8 [% U: a6 ?" w0 h9 |5 ?. ]Fleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.

7 {8 w$ @* A: [; UThe 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.

4 e/ n  P0 d9 [Also on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.

7 X5 G! u: u7 P+ l$ oAll of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.

' z: v8 b8 W' n$ Q3 J. h3 GNew cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

5 F: o6 A9 Y3 n- Z7 oAs of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.

Also on Monday, Croatia's health minister said an earlier report by a WHO lab reporting the country's first case was a mistake.

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.
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+ H7 n- u3 C  P3 M3 wOn 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.
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' f6 J$ i$ |  |1 y$ W% e5 O7 BTwo 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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According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.