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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonto ... flu-death-h1n1.html
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1 t. }( x/ \9 ^; [6 d/ V6 sA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.5 W: ?+ X* x# a( H
8 I+ b* W8 f/ E! A7 sThe 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.! G2 D6 y! h* R o
8 S1 O( h; d2 G8 ATests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.4 m6 s5 \* B/ S3 D
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.6 ]4 j R, Q3 \( ?" P# A
: N+ ]- L' q/ o1 o+ q' `' r( S4 L"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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, E2 S0 I, x0 B! n. x/ LMusto 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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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.+ |8 g! b( L* h
$ Y9 _# P' x, L9 O# B8 S. Q; dAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.7 B/ k: h) b6 j. F. u6 u+ P
8 M. ?: j) I+ l% c1 j+ I"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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6 u2 W' N$ M) [4 x. Q9 S' WThe 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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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.4 N+ j# k1 |2 h0 ^+ c2 n n7 h8 p
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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- f: ?7 O! |0 _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./ M: g8 R* G/ Z% P/ u. l4 b! R$ f& Z
4 a; P2 l7 t" h"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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