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5 h- x6 d3 W0 kCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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* ]" ]9 I p# S$ f. s9 t(CP) – 9 hours ago
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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* _6 H( A8 t! e( XAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions., k# _1 r$ y% |5 g" C0 k0 S
! k1 I/ s0 y6 }6 MDr. 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.* _, \$ |& m# E2 e! X9 ?5 q- [
0 G' p n( M/ LThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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+ L) e+ S/ c, g7 EAll 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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The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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