Native woman in Manitoba dies after flu illness
Monday, June 22, 2009
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First Nations
A woman from the St. Theresa Point First Nation of Manitoba died of a flu-like illness after she tested negative for the
H1N1 virus, commonly
known as swine flu.
The woman was pregnant she was flown out of the reserve and to a hospital in Winnipeg. She gave birth to a boy in an emergency caesarean section earlier this week.
The boy is doing well, family members told CBC News. But they don't know the exact cause of the woman's death.
The reserve has been hard hit by flu and Manitoba has reported 295 cases of the H1N1 virus.
Get the Story:
Woman from northern Manitoba dies from flu-like illness
(CBC 6/19)
New swine flu cases bring Manitoba total to 295 (CBC 6/19)
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