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Calgary-area woman becomes 5th Albertan to die from swine flu virus' T9 Y; q" ?/ O/ S
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(CP) – 9 hours ago6 W* f3 G. z3 \9 U% ]5 D
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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.
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) ~; n4 B6 R7 R7 s0 _ OThis is the second swine-flu related death in the Calgary region.4 r" a* I# M$ p
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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.' ]$ Q' A F, N
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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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