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A young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.% t! o+ W+ v5 b3 W
$ N8 |! J& U- rThe 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.5 S( @) g, m: ~# Z) U
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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. b2 x5 N! _" g4 t! k" K v" f"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.! n/ k3 s( }8 Z6 t
; w8 D1 `* W( y. K"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."7 O5 p5 ?4 T8 I/ M& b) M
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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."; w2 V4 x. c m6 E/ ~0 I) ]
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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.. ?$ t7 o6 S; v; b3 w
/ K, O1 z/ F+ f4 v) T7 D& x5 @Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.# b* {0 b5 Y ~- E6 r( a& e4 m
2 G( o/ |; ]1 r$ w! U% {$ k, d# ^"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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9 n% x+ [2 L& B H# h2 j6 q6 }The majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.* q" @, {( ?! r2 _
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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' n% P4 V; ~0 ^& r6 g7 {7 DNot 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.$ M6 E" ^; K2 j2 b4 @3 p. _2 E* @# H0 a
A7 r6 O6 a5 w" L+ L! gThe 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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" N" {6 X' b* M# n% 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.+ F1 k" ^8 I2 } Q: y6 N E
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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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P5 h7 x- J, E, ~7 k P4 A: i! EEvery 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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