Baby of British woman who died of swine flu also dies

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CBC News
A baby born prematurely to a woman in Scotland who subsequently became the first person in Britain to die of swine flu has also died, a health official said Tuesday.

* _. W. `% k7 a, P2 B# y% kA Scottish government spokesman, who declined to be named in keeping with government policy, said the baby did not die from swine flu.
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5 N- h+ r, s) S, B' w) C5 rFleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.
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7 p# T( g, `( O5 b: x# i& g) xThe United Kingdom currently has the most confirmed swine flu cases in Europe, with 1,461 cases identified since April. Dozens of other suspected cases await confirmation in Scotland.

5 }! d6 t: D6 TAlso on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.

% X/ v7 u2 t# o) x* pAll of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.
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  G& Q* f( v% x' {/ ]; nNew cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
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As of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.
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Also on Monday, Croatia's health minister said an earlier report by a WHO lab reporting the country's first case was a mistake.
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When a WHO lab based in London doublechecked the finding, the tests were negative, said Health Minister Darko Milinovic. Earlier tests at a Croatian lab were also negative.

7 F; n* A, ^4 E) f' @- L, J( ~* ~7 oOn Tuesday, health officials in Quebec said two more people — a man and a woman each between the ages of 30 and 50 who lived in the Montreal area — had died after contracting swine flu.

* G' t: v7 @! j* e8 F, M) n! ~Two people with swine flu in Manitoba also died — a man in his 40s with no known significant underlying health conditions and a woman in her 40s with serious health problems — provincial health officials announced Tuesday.
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According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.