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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonto ... flu-death-h1n1.html! J9 z) I& @9 L1 ?0 @( w1 N
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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.
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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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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said./ [8 G7 G" @ c, q; L
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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% _7 d' Z' F& w! r4 f"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."% \" R8 s4 a3 o1 x6 ^$ U, B
# H* G& Q5 |9 F/ }- p, TMusto 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."; w: Y+ D+ {7 g+ U
% }# E$ R' }8 T3 `+ NThe 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.# v4 n" @0 l. L" M, }& t+ ^2 J6 D
9 J1 Z2 F( ?0 ~' d! r. QAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.5 l) U0 R3 G2 T" t$ L
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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5 H1 \2 N" D. l/ lThe 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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% W8 t' p% }! V9 u6 e! U"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.$ ?; H, d$ a/ N
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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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5 ^3 _+ w7 C1 s0 a9 H! ]5 E2 WThe 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.! f: P& }3 w& ]
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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.
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$ F; c( N- x# I"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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