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/ \, ?& q" s5 g' E3 }A young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.) b; G, z* C8 b% `
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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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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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+ v% h/ H/ g& e"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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! I3 E1 b2 d$ E# b, L: N"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."% r% P" @+ T6 |- \6 ]
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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." K- \$ G* H/ R6 F9 V2 Q* B
" S* R$ s! T. c) o' n: m0 l& e- F0 mThe 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.# h( o* u# f5 I# T& n
4 r. X- `; ^) f- Q( D( vAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.$ s9 m& P" [6 y7 Y6 C+ [0 s3 o3 E
L8 ?3 u" {% D; j2 a8 m"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.7 t( q4 h8 k5 T' ?
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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) w( c9 t8 T9 E9 g L3 SNot connected to children's hospital cases: L: L/ t" U4 M* b, H
2 z1 f! d! u. s) r5 d$ I. BOfficials 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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, U2 v8 b% X7 [: S/ yThe 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.. T& Z5 e- U) J0 S( { A, a$ B
+ C- \* \9 o% xTed 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 S: Z' J- K8 Y# N4 c
4 D: a3 o% Z7 Y! m5 N- ]"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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" |& m; [+ d* {7 e0 v- ]! W7 TEvery 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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