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.

; ?+ R8 D0 c) `$ p/ TA 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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+ d1 F1 O* q0 o" R+ t  b) MFleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.
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. U9 F! k! |/ e2 m9 g  tThe 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.
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Also on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.

1 I# |  B  i3 q/ a5 O1 u+ pAll of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.

New cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

; ^5 q" P" Z; `  n: C+ I. k6 J- PAs of Monday, the World Health Organization has officially reported 35,928 cases of H1N1 influenza A virus in 76 countries, including 163 deaths.

! j6 j, o; e: k' ^/ ^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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- o; Y6 [5 X8 N1 |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.
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2 d% I3 N" A* s( C. M5 kOn 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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) }; h$ C6 u. K4 [' O( V3 wTwo 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.

According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.