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; {9 e; @' M7 V% S0 d6 S! q& @" ECalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus- `/ ^. H( e( p6 R2 L" h% m
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/ I, A w* p* U0 I6 rCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.
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4 L0 {& T. G* ^ [8 }7 }1 _# }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.* Y! `9 ^* M. i' U; k
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.' W, U* P1 p# W7 W. \/ X' x/ m
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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.7 ?. S4 @. N& f# o b* g
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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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