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O7 D6 t; v# t6 T. JA 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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2 t8 F! U% m7 Z( hThe 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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+ {% M4 m" G% Q' hTests 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.) j# `% U5 A$ e h5 K
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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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- d: m1 z3 E1 f i0 HMusto 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."
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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./ o2 y; r5 D( a r Q- p! P
$ W' k3 J1 D; ]) e1 gAlberta 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.
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' P1 _5 Z- V6 U) X" K n8 AThe 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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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.+ u y: r! E' ~+ p% _8 j. P
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6 y7 \+ h6 Z8 Q7 U" c& sNot 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.# P- o3 t5 E5 Y9 S7 Q
, N9 t$ w" u. v2 [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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/ [) N2 N- b/ i' A5 G+ nTed 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.1 h/ g2 G( D% m, F
: ~+ l2 J: A+ r0 @. m; f0 ["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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