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/ R @$ G, x4 E4 I) g+ eA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu. C" M+ ?1 ?" i2 I# ]$ h
: U; h7 h. i/ e7 o3 |* P7 y4 KThe 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.# t, x2 g; T6 k
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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. S0 J% x: _; P1 F g0 P. ^"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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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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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."% @0 N, a$ B! p$ ]' X
0 {* V1 a- l- S& v7 vThe 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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) }6 k! V, G- c% W' aAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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8 V' O; ? h0 u+ p" Q5 M"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.1 R: N% L0 M; N1 ?5 J
" k7 b8 v6 |! J3 wThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.9 N6 `9 v" g! f( b5 i- u
5 a+ X3 b: T* B$ W" b1 E: V/ T"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said./ p1 n( w1 t/ T- W
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# h% r/ |- K2 n l* INot connected to children's hospital cases( o7 w8 r9 D" T' Z
8 R+ L+ T& M! c6 S% ~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.1 O, { n3 s9 P$ J" x, l4 }
" |0 w/ r) E, b3 PThe 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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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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4 @5 m+ I5 ^+ `/ ?8 a"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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