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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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) l: }2 D5 v/ M8 W# d) HThe 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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. j% |3 Q% _9 e9 _$ b, F0 O; v+ ITests 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.
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- k, V# R! h- I8 H) Y"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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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.". _7 V- h- T1 D& c& y8 n3 M
, I0 ^% h5 J& F, _5 {5 q5 tThe 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.1 V) h# c0 V& E
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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: P9 X) F- @$ [4 ]4 f& t"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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The majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.4 E, U3 I$ ?" v* y: W
" B$ ~7 ]# W T( N3 q& G"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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' k( `7 i: [( E+ G X* XNot 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.6 Q7 d8 X, J" ]
: g& x& f- E8 C& O& p: h GThe 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.( j) j, j; d4 o& ?( [) I. H: ^
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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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"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.- p9 W O: S; W
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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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