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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.& {/ D- g( R' {' B& ]" \3 g E
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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. : z; e- }# D4 w6 _( s/ a5 ~
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Fleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.
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The 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.- Y7 Z4 _! I$ R( U& [' L# E
/ S9 W5 Y5 v, W) L: H0 XAlso on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.
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- i& r& Z% J2 D8 OAll of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.
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; V o: x9 ?: j0 ~, ^! vNew cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.% C5 r5 t2 f8 ^# e
' b6 K' W: u& N! U0 F; ~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.. V" ?% M6 R$ @( i ?! z
8 `$ Q' {) z" DWhen 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.
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7 ?, [4 H0 }! B, d; |( a& K& UOn 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.
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6 z( R- j2 U, p! J6 H F) L9 }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. ; I2 n2 [# k- c6 P1 r/ \ H
$ F3 Q4 l3 m0 [; p6 L8 VAccording to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities. |
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