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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus" E* f: y. D2 j: E6 o4 g( T
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2 G* W4 z% e) BCALGARY — Alberta has recorded its fifth death linked to the swine flu.
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Alberta 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.5 M+ G: W/ V/ z3 j- `% Z
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This is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.! Z( s: n( D- _. [: ~6 ~1 ]0 u B
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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., x. S/ v5 k1 g8 @5 s
3 | x* B) |8 p9 @( OThe latest death brings to 57 the number of people across Canada who have died after contracting the H1N1 virus. |
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