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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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1 q m( ]) b* g, _The 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.- f) K, _5 f. N# r+ Y& P0 ]6 P
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.; r8 r Y* E* v
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."4 n5 O9 T3 D s9 c, \0 G8 M
6 }; D# H# z* ?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."" g1 _) u! y# {& ^6 ^$ S. L4 K
! o! |" t; ], RThe 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., q7 c2 Q1 o- l
. f4 r. q- h$ {7 _3 _3 TAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.( m2 Y* D: y5 @! e6 O, X8 j
/ s6 U7 i* X- ~1 W6 w0 Z$ z"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.6 L K2 M8 [5 ]5 F
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/ T, W& e4 C+ n8 x- r( ?Not connected to children's hospital cases
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Officials 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.
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0 b- n8 ^4 H' g* _6 @The 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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% @/ S, Y9 `& z& ATed 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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2 g! W. ^; @ N$ Z4 U% e# S"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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' K3 r! A6 G T3 `" yEvery 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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