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6 N5 x' q3 R+ LA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.( Y! @1 _( X j6 j! |$ K; w# h
v, e0 |' Z! `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.$ |& N' w1 D2 c$ i; ]5 Y6 t& k
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.; d* j$ u% H0 f% @1 b- G8 Q5 S* g
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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+ p" S, X) k7 r7 v"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."2 k8 ^, x2 x: n/ Q9 L1 K, s
0 n: E3 b7 H8 p9 \$ @9 g; c4 I4 kMusto 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.", X% i+ M0 O& O8 g* W& f7 H: |
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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.4 X$ V& |6 }8 _/ Z+ }! @! J
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.* \, h4 [# r( K2 ] ?* a1 d7 w
4 v- t3 o6 z( I: @& x# |, M5 u- j* Q! ~"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.( Q- q# D6 q/ Q5 j
% w( A- C. i X) XThe 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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/ t) o7 c0 K5 ~- J1 ["Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.+ `! b$ v, x4 m3 G
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Not connected to children's hospital cases3 k. n) x) J, i
& _: C# ]1 L0 C# t8 QOfficials 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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7 Z: o o0 l5 n# ?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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2 A2 x! E3 V/ B( _# x"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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; a) C- a% g% F- s, k: I$ lEvery 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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