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; \5 V, T {0 O7 UA 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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w( i; _3 I8 N" d+ ^ fThe 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.7 n4 M4 C3 W) L0 H& {
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.$ i& B: C9 Q; s& L" d! y
2 c5 J1 O1 ^( T5 q"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.; g& q/ B3 E) p, K( U$ `
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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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7 w& Y1 L, Y4 @+ v- ~( xMusto 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.& Q3 W, k8 t, N6 y' x" E, `
3 p6 C/ B; a) M; t. EAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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5 Y( B* p( P0 m9 ~9 q% l" `% w) t"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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# z& ?# [, U: C, r! p6 sThe 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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. \5 \9 o) C$ ?/ F4 q7 G+ w% d"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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& W. B; `, u5 R2 ONot 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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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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' G2 i7 P! U% LTed 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.7 I# C, v/ W+ b# I$ q
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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., [( m( r! b3 I; I/ Y
: i5 j* ~& O1 z5 H" G& j& 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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