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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.
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@6 c5 ~% t/ ^$ [6 L7 s; bAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions./ u+ d6 p7 n9 }: o6 m; }
& ?( z; U$ b9 L$ L; K/ gDr. 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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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.5 S" r- V& R) Q8 U
" K$ G6 p* G8 x6 wAll 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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+ [2 i9 M* l8 g n0 g6 MThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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