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3 M; A4 r/ q6 [4 p4 J6 ACalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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6 O% E; h2 j/ fCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.7 x6 y4 @) b6 U, X; E
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.( H+ S- D4 ]3 u- z" g
* b7 I3 e6 g7 N& z3 @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.* {. c+ t# o2 J, a, s9 P8 s. X
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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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.' n, X/ K# E) S! Z! O
; u' l- u- b& i7 SThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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