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, U. V9 G$ @( U9 V# v1 z: }2 r- \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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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.
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said. w/ B+ \' y1 v* C" S% m
' y' p: l) q8 r! }/ t# z! ]) A"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.3 R/ W5 C$ S# l$ L1 c# Q; @
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant.". b7 \1 y- y: ?1 ?
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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."$ N6 D2 `) d7 u" g/ r5 \, E9 v8 }
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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.% a q; K" i( w/ e5 k
6 z* b5 a& |5 @/ f; |7 p" Y% |+ G' JAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.) E7 t4 r1 F: ?: P/ C
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.# J c+ } J5 K/ `$ k* X
$ w1 [3 Y4 b4 D' zThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto., \# P O: s0 _9 n8 o' q/ O3 Z5 f
& ]: i8 \$ O+ ?"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.$ c- x5 i) H( b' m i8 I j6 f
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& N# I; h) _5 `+ G* ANot connected to children's hospital cases
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8 O/ D; F+ p& s. kOfficials 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.5 p1 {; O' ^5 c, ^/ o
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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.! z& a+ ]0 s0 [2 G# r' w. u
8 ^ ]: u+ H: FTed 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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% r) v# Y, @5 H3 \5 M( ~: a"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.* A$ T- g3 s& o: L' E# G, L1 b
, B( c- D) }1 y$ p) X6 CEvery 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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