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.
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+ {$ k: S" z2 l4 o0 rA 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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Fleming had health complications besides the H1N1 infection and pregnancy, the spokesman said.

! U) C' F( v1 s* cThe 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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; ]* ?7 K8 B3 {& MAlso on Tuesday, Jordan, Qatar and Yemen reported their first cases of swine flu.
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- b* s+ Q4 ^2 ?# b5 A0 ?All of the Middle Eastern cases arrived from the United States or New Zealand, heath officials said.
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2 ~/ z2 }9 j0 a8 f$ M% r% ONew cases were also reported by authorities in Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
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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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5 I5 ?  J& G; e1 M# mAlso on Monday, Croatia's health minister said an earlier report by a WHO lab reporting the country's first case was a mistake.

* X! c' W: O! h+ M- fWhen 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.

1 J7 o& N: Z* c% @. e7 ]  O1 v% jOn 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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' V8 p1 e+ F+ LTwo 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.

% H4 B: j( P1 K0 I$ F5 P" `According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 4,049 cases have been confirmed in Canada as of Monday, including seven fatalities.