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.
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A 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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3 s5 r+ ^2 k/ ^( YFleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.

- K6 a1 _9 S+ X1 r* sThe 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.

. y( A* X* V1 w$ V5 Y3 YAlso on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.
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0 Z2 d, R* a0 m0 d4 E+ [All of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.

8 |7 y7 Y; V# r& X. x) O- m0 e& JNew cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
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3 t, o- v0 P) f9 H: _8 Y& t1 g1 _As of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.

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.

On 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.

/ g7 {/ Q3 |2 u  Z# F/ XTwo 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.

6 Q1 J: ]1 D# Z& Y# Z  Q7 H+ D8 yAccording to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.