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0 i' y0 ^: _9 j* M0 L/ l: ]5 LA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu., Q/ ] T: O' \
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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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+ R) f/ ]6 e/ @. ATests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.+ O8 b% e, h2 G/ M
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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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! m/ N, A0 w9 k; X" a# T. pMusto 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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2 o6 S- F9 w# M0 ]8 kAlberta 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.
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( X. i- e$ K; [. F+ u4 [The majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.+ j1 E1 H& ]# T5 U6 J( y$ d3 r
+ q/ }' C/ ^3 ^; b* m$ n: T"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said." }* p4 D& P& M" [
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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}5 ^, I8 J$ S) p- ^" {4 p3 b0 U9 [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.' W9 h7 X6 k* M5 x) {9 s
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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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: D8 P3 W: l; ~) B: qTed 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.. i/ @7 J# N! d' l0 X3 j5 c
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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.' F% z: ]9 a$ ?4 T$ e
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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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