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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.* f N7 B$ _1 M
?, ]. h$ P6 d5 J8 X& _% wAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.; R+ ?$ h% C/ q' \: X3 w) d4 C
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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.# A) U2 I9 L0 {1 r1 e9 b4 ]
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This 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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# w) Z0 L- Q% ^! I9 xThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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