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6 u3 @ [5 {, [0 [8 U# VA 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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# b" `" C$ |. P- |1 g# {% ?# V6 ~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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0 E2 F& X- \5 O$ }; I7 RTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.9 ]$ v2 L" K" d. Q4 W7 p) b4 a
" H/ y* h, G" g4 J& D: Z"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.5 {' y+ g/ ~# o$ _" S0 D
: z3 |$ ?# t3 o5 A1 A5 p2 \"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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4 B* w6 U: ~( W# O4 ?/ a R7 zMusto 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.
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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 K# u9 m! f5 l( c& b3 `
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.1 T y* | ]1 Y( J1 A0 e" [
' g2 T# J! ^" [3 }& |The 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.
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1 l! @, k4 F) }. d' Z' {Not connected to children's hospital cases
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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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1 N6 |! B+ g! B+ C% bThe 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.# R. r: X$ @* A) D2 d
' Z& Q. n* O/ N2 t/ 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.4 ~5 R/ K& k9 d7 R6 c' i
! b/ u7 l2 T7 ZEvery 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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