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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus2 j3 O5 A/ P. o: \) p) V+ B
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.2 q- t0 [# S: M# }5 J2 z# }
. p2 o/ f% E, j6 S, k/ jAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.4 G, s! a. V) }+ K6 c' }2 @
# {1 _ b4 ~; 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.# i9 g8 f; ~0 ^2 r% s. ] V
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.! b3 p3 V4 U4 a5 ^" C" B% ~
# y, {- H- l2 }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.
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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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