Swine flu: fifth US victim dies

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Swine flu: fifth US victim dies
A 33-year-old man from Texas has become the fifth person to die in the US after contracting the swine flu virus.
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9 Q/ u" g+ \6 r3 g" ]+ I; D" KBy Our Foreign Staff and Agencies in Corpus Christi
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* a3 D; y  G9 S+ k$ [8 u# a' qThe man from Corpus Christi, who has not been named by the authorities, died earlier this month, health officials in Texas said.
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* N( n4 P- J: S! \4 v" bDr William Burgin Jr, of the Corpus Christi-Nueces county health district, said that the man died on May 5 or May 6 after becoming ill a few days earlier.
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( J1 w$ i( G. ~; ]4 Y. P5 cHe said that the man had pre-existing medical conditions, including heart problems, that made it more difficult for him to survive any viral illness.
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( A2 V0 `% Z) J4 T6 B" u* pDr Burgin did not identify the man but said he was a single parent with three children. One of the children had also contracted swine flu but was treated successfully and is making a recovery.
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! o; D( U/ r3 O7 D5 BDr Burgin said that county health officials had received confirmation on Friday morning that the man had died of swine flu.

The death is the fifth from swine flu in the US.
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Meanwhile, British health officials confirmed seven new cases, bringing the total in the UK to 85.
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  u2 H7 |7 q( {3 V0 A- L( ?The Health Protection Agency said that four children in London and three people in Scotland were confirmed as having the virus. The agency said the four new cases in London are linked to other people with the virus。

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