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, r6 o( M+ A' j. f" oA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu./ `1 ~6 R4 Q5 g- s7 q4 q7 m# T. y
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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.# j# N8 O; ?: {
8 \8 C+ `. v; _. xTests 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.( D* F5 ]- l& e: o; ~6 M1 F6 F
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant." l& d2 P+ Z/ z6 Z. q4 i
0 n& w6 N. w4 s% ~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."1 v' {& p" u& b/ E: @ o
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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.
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; J1 E7 B/ C: ]5 @9 |; oAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.6 o8 l% Z. u! L) O: T) ?) z, Z
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.+ Q" {- V5 j7 T q+ Y
/ @% Q$ f) W4 l) u7 x/ 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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) |. o6 x6 S9 s! D. R9 `. |8 d# L7 y"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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9 y/ v& v1 E. g( J5 o" uNot 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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+ b( s- k& A8 g3 X) CThe 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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6 u0 e0 j G/ K7 |) S; G+ ITed 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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* C* p3 C2 o. `" t" @"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.9 L! f4 W; c- R4 t& h4 _
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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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