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2 m' S! N6 L2 Z1 fCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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) x' c, }7 G; D0 @0 A$ vCALGARY — 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.- o$ y4 h" s* H0 `4 W1 o
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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.# N, X( B0 u' i2 U
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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2 c3 h# |& }" U' u6 n* PAll 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.+ s1 u4 f! {4 _( S/ Y: d* Z
+ Z' q* o" O- V# a+ I' v; k, oThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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