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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus
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$ U+ `2 E, q3 b' y: {0 z& E3 zCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.6 P1 H) J% L9 }5 z' c. r! g
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Alberta Health says the latest person to die is a woman from the Calgary area who had underlying medical conditions.6 U1 I$ W- B' ]4 w% j8 A8 v% G" o5 A
/ A% k8 t/ F6 G: E( Z1 D2 @3 lDr. 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.8 {# {8 Z9 u: A$ }% f2 D
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.
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! Y3 {( y9 Q( w8 j4 h* fAll 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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