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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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8 y' A$ y0 V- s' m# O' A+ GThe 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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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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) Q% \' D( g' K" t"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.( C1 F" J. _0 x% b) {
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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9 y7 k3 i" |/ G, J! sMusto 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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; v3 v9 z( @/ d/ x1 E2 x$ J( |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/ u( B* d+ W9 ?# A' h
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.1 j$ K* j4 r, |1 M- v* D7 l- {/ Z
, d* B$ q6 r- V) d6 f1 k- g$ L: V/ ["This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said., W; a: C6 A- {2 I1 b& B" n, w
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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.. C/ B+ i9 f" V$ Q- r9 n- L
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.+ P0 ~% ~' j7 P+ Z& K0 J
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4 s/ a% u9 N5 \4 \4 sNot connected to children's hospital cases
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. K8 p l- v4 U% P' k' Y. p ~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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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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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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5 q) C$ _- p8 m"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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Every 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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