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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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# X+ x& c _/ u(CP) – 9 hours ago
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* p5 a; U( j: M, w$ ZCALGARY — 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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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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% `# g" [: ?% CThis 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.0 [1 f, i2 E! m6 Y7 q6 w
$ i+ j9 Q5 V) E l8 @& Q6 X% lThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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