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: n x) o$ m. P% W) i8 G8 YCalgary-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.
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1 i8 I- g: K \+ f9 j; {5 tAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.9 W6 @' L, ~; J4 B" W" s7 q( N p% m
" {4 } d3 g( n, ?, Q& ]& ]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.) n( F0 C+ k8 H9 g0 I
+ U1 R' T$ O) C0 p2 {This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.; I8 o5 j; `+ ]( q4 m Z
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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. J( ~: l1 g; K( B
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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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