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?) J6 B7 B& R' X! N5 aA 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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+ l, o& z0 v, [+ p# [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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# j, i! [- ?4 ~2 ?Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.& W; f8 Y+ G' u9 k
% r* J( ?( L. A"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.2 J1 B$ e7 Q, b* J
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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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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."
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; P! G8 }& E% k9 P! s9 u+ o* {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.
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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./ @( W2 _+ e. \8 o
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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.& O7 q; u2 `- j F" H5 D& U/ [6 l
! @4 h$ Q( N8 p3 n% w; h"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.2 A5 Q5 g4 X6 u! N8 Y; L, e
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, z# f) [8 w0 w. pOfficials 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.: B8 r; G$ ~5 Z+ L+ g$ c
6 I. A: d3 _! P2 N& J4 ~( AThe 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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"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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