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A young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.2 H X7 i6 q0 L# `0 k! {
8 w* p% L& a- I8 fThe victim, who was not named, had been sick for about two weeks before she was admitted to a Calgary hospital on June 29, said Dr. Richard Musto, medical officer of health for Calgary and area, on Thursday.* \4 t: K* u% X
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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: F* W. \! c* t1 I' L"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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+ x) J" t0 a0 x) @"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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' ?, L( \0 T4 X* z& xMusto did not name the hospital to which the woman was admitted but said that regular procedures were followed to "effectively protect other patients and staff."
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The death is the third in Alberta that's been linked to swine flu. Two women with pre-existing medical conditions — one in the Edmonton area and one in northern Alberta — were the other cases./ g; j# |( s! n- Q$ _
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.' q% G; A8 I/ J- T
: q& w( b4 S* [0 n2 m2 x"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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The majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.! K3 D& j2 t4 E, |4 v* w7 t) V
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9 S* q8 E3 W7 a% \% w( QNot connected to children's hospital cases
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! {$ H6 t' |) t8 l) W3 gOfficials said the death is not connected to an outbreak this week at the Alberta Children's Hospital, when two patients and a staff member were diagnosed with the H1N1 flu. A unit on the hospital's third floor was isolated to prevent the flu's spread.- ` ?, p0 s; v: x# Y g- h8 K
6 p4 a' |5 q7 ~9 t7 J; q: n! z0 BThe patients were isolated in their private rooms on the weekend when they became symptomatic, and the staff member stayed at home upon becoming ill, said Musto.
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Ted Woynillowicz of Friends of Medicare in Calgary questioned why officials publicized the children's hospital while the facility where the woman was treated was not named.
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"I think there's kind of a lack of consistency. And I think it should be publicized if it affects the public in some way," he said.
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" ^0 w, x8 M. }4 I+ i, Q6 T0 XEvery year 4,000 Canadians die from the flu and a high percentage of them have underlying conditions that play a large part in making them susceptible to serious consequences when they get the flu, he said. |
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但另一个方面，如艾滋病人也列入了流感高危人群的行列。究竟如何，还有待于专家们的努力工作。
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