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' E( C0 w8 Z3 O# E4 I5 z4 n, TCalgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus$ r/ q1 y6 M7 `6 [' t0 j' A
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CALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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, u6 Q* r6 Z$ k0 O4 m1 IAlberta 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.
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! }$ |7 j* E2 O9 }This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.0 d& ^% X1 s& o4 O7 h7 m
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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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; M' o- m9 B3 N4 D' iThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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