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+ G1 g1 j2 `" B, e% E6 GCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus2 k4 E: t0 ]5 T) [. u) e
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(CP) – 9 hours ago
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! U' ~, A$ ^0 R+ C2 Q, yCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.3 Y6 F9 t* H$ B9 e0 E+ A. p9 s
" O! T! W* j3 K: V7 I8 f2 dDr. 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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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.( W: {+ _" A8 t, S
5 v( {; A/ ^' z: S2 W! aThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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