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; [2 s1 x8 E" i1 M- ]" R( E! G7 pA 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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6 o% t! f% C6 m4 w3 Q: x; B9 ]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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: y. V. M6 N* D1 Y QTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.* |5 ^ Z9 S- J/ j w
8 J$ {' }" \+ R) u4 m6 L$ A"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.. T; V* P2 I% C0 z Z1 I
' h; A, @7 N% U ?+ }"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."4 `" b# c& _; f. g* b6 {2 u
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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."% `* e3 m% k% d2 o
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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.- `' k% _ i( i
' H1 N, ^7 d; X8 `- g" o YAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.! e8 |; D4 c9 `% n4 e$ }
5 d, z4 |9 q- s5 L9 h/ g* j"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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9 w3 M3 L* p% R- j* ~) \The majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.5 C+ z; j! G( Q) y9 q
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.( T4 u/ W/ ~) A9 ]
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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.( q% e4 D& R' J
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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.6 s: i4 y% G) V; x# Y$ \! z
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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.- M8 v; X: v" E' a# r
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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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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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