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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.
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5 M& E% R+ e' P _! UThe 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.
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, ]$ _5 v) w$ L0 M* fTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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( T9 o/ x8 g* u"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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% L/ }+ R7 e7 [, f: \"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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a X9 L9 u5 l; J6 a7 ^# ]! X+ ~/ n$ }Musto 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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: ], P0 K' W! O5 ^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.
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0 F; ~: O6 ?# ~Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March." _6 N) t/ S2 W0 h7 v
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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$ H; M' X) u! q. w6 @9 x' dThe 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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& y9 C- ~* ?7 s"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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. S' L1 z2 g! r- x, x" N5 Q% COfficials 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.& w$ K% [4 t$ P
! m* M$ m! q- F/ qThe 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.1 y3 `: g9 q. v4 x# u; H$ x
7 f/ E1 H$ _* \1 y( SEvery 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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