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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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: Q9 ?5 D" g QCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.0 y4 i6 d6 _' c) J4 j
. u2 [2 {, V8 z. Z$ m* TAlberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.
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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." w0 K* R) z: _/ A+ p
, R2 M; r0 a4 a% w; R& V sThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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2 H! Y1 C# w- o+ E6 l. f+ n, J# \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.
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The latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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