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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.+ e L+ \: f' ]: x) S" g
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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.! ?" @6 ?8 b# R
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Tests 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.+ `) T$ Y' p+ T( _/ A9 q
3 Q( C) m' Y* _# k"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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5 k, A3 W9 j3 ~) h% D$ UMusto 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 R! V+ M5 p- Y: e7 O ?; J9 z4 m
& @0 T' O! \2 ^ ~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., x& ^% ?) o D/ |0 K; O! 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.
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.! i1 g; ^) |. t8 ^7 Z9 u+ R
4 j6 T# r3 X, N: QThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto." X; v* m8 Q! a9 | o! j( p1 K2 ^
( W0 _" Y3 E4 p$ w3 d: Y, E U"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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j' y3 @6 E+ O; `8 |( e v- [Not connected to children's hospital cases+ _0 D, S: w6 [: x
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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.) ^: g% X6 b- B5 z% S
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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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, \7 y. ]/ F/ fTed 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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1 d1 w0 Y4 {5 }; f0 s4 C( p6 k B"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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/ [0 r `3 i% R# ]0 w# @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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