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# C5 U% C5 d- d2 W2 W3 pA 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 N0 c' T! |9 BThe 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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" w0 |+ {& Z# E' O! hTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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M, ^1 a$ P, E"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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Y$ a) l; s. s1 D' O"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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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.", `5 V1 N& s( W5 @* |7 @
2 H3 G& l, W+ dThe 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." U0 K/ s3 J! ~
- V* U" U5 L; n+ W+ D' n2 _Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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0 j* a' Z _$ L/ {! ]) r; fThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto., R; k- ~6 u" g% D+ |( j
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said. @3 W* K" O' d* G) L6 U3 t% M
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Not connected to children's hospital cases! U4 Z3 l, d3 d: a1 y; | M* D9 H
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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.7 g, q. f% R, z
3 B. h( k8 B& `+ m% E. b) MThe 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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}6 J- |; x0 x" E4 N$ o"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.. v2 j8 Z W% V5 \, H
2 B; P# g: F) E- _4 Y8 ZEvery 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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