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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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$ W6 p3 t7 |% E/ l' `Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.( Z: q8 V' q/ S; V
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.5 G9 F3 y( `# J6 ?# z$ r( q5 J
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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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B* [# c6 t$ m5 IMusto 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."4 x: O3 B: J1 Q, \3 ^
) ~: @' ?; F" c# Y( [( bThe 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.
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.! {' w) f9 F3 A5 Z2 C/ Z
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.! k1 \& j3 h- l
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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.- p- U3 _! I" R5 U; k% r* k; B5 p' k
h+ ?* Y$ ?* s+ f# a# r"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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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.' [% ]8 `5 s) m. g+ Y: K
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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.5 z0 w3 ~0 ]. ?
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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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$ T' R5 C5 i3 ?' ?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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