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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.3 B2 w$ N' r! N! a0 Y2 \
; C& e6 P3 Y3 `- N0 J5 q' ZAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.$ n1 w. M# K* C
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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.- X& {0 N1 M& a: l9 C3 G, B9 f5 W) @
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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6 `, @& _- s$ c0 {/ A7 E) [' Z' jAll 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 \. U; F; X5 t+ S5 ?
6 P5 V+ Z$ a, h6 t/ y1 xThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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