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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonto ... flu-death-h1n1.html. g, Z5 G5 O2 J1 r6 D
& l; ?) O* ~2 m, l% B4 z8 SA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu./ }. C8 A5 J) n% C
# S' `3 O( j3 k9 ~4 |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.) ?! _, E3 z- z4 U9 f& I# K
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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8 r# N* v r* u0 y. m2 b"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.9 }! s) K, E; D
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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. ^1 Z4 k0 x, }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."6 C! S1 S( W- q: r
# |3 s% {$ U8 ^7 WThe 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. N7 O7 c+ @: j, W9 M4 M3 N
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.& z# s% K% c4 e' L" c* `* m5 m( \. ~# Z3 \: n
& q% O6 t' a$ \2 M' w"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.; Y4 c$ g: [) @
6 t& O8 I& e9 R/ A/ {0 a7 Y" t* V- RThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.. F! i/ Y. n6 L A* K5 E
% L" Z/ C) x9 D, ]"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.& w/ j3 Q$ v% H; N3 E) i
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4 o* O. o! C) E7 [0 PNot 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., M7 e& o# [6 X+ L, `1 @& K, U8 e8 A% V
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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.8 X4 F9 U8 v* j, H% G
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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./ S; s; H; E1 w1 \. q7 D$ k
5 l* j3 S6 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.) y& @7 ~: R/ w7 B% x, M. U
& F+ N1 U( ^- ~( F. P* lEvery 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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