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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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(CP) – 9 hours ago; {& Z# m( E& k! [4 Z0 H
: ^# R0 ]( S+ b' `CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.* W7 X& V6 I$ T( z1 s1 m4 ~: D
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.: U# U0 n5 o7 n6 V( [
2 k( s5 Y, Y. U' Z( ^1 j' xDr. 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.
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2 ^* S7 _# b# k' A3 Q+ UThis 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.: r+ ~+ Z2 P) ^4 h0 X
9 \" {. B' k# B, w) H, Y( EThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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