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Canada confirms sixth swine flu death
31 minutes ago
MONTREAL (AFP) ? Quebec's health authorities confirmed Canada's sixth swine flu death Sunday in an individual who had also suffered from "a chronic disease."
Alain Poirier, director of public health for Quebec province, said the A(H1N1) flu virus victim was a woman in her fifties from the Montreal area.
The woman also had "an underlying health condition," Poirier told reporters, without providing details.
The death was the second in as many days in Quebec from the virus, which has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health
Organization (WHO). Both cases had unrelated medical conditions.
Canadian health authorities on Friday confirmed 540 new cases from the virus, bringing the national total to over 3,515 cases.
The last death, the third in the eastern francophone province of Quebec, brought to six the total number of swine flu-related death in Canada since the start of the outbreak in April.
31 minutes ago
MONTREAL (AFP) ? Quebec's health authorities confirmed Canada's sixth swine flu death Sunday in an individual who had also suffered from "a chronic disease."
Alain Poirier, director of public health for Quebec province, said the A(H1N1) flu virus victim was a woman in her fifties from the Montreal area.
The woman also had "an underlying health condition," Poirier told reporters, without providing details.
The death was the second in as many days in Quebec from the virus, which has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health
Organization (WHO). Both cases had unrelated medical conditions.
Canadian health authorities on Friday confirmed 540 new cases from the virus, bringing the national total to over 3,515 cases.
The last death, the third in the eastern francophone province of Quebec, brought to six the total number of swine flu-related death in Canada since the start of the outbreak in April.