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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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' l( D9 x- N+ E# l) vThe 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./ M1 A5 k3 k# ~! z
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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4 f9 N( a; I! B4 X3 }" h" T"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.' c% s* \$ z4 x$ b8 N9 A
% S, T% ^6 M3 i"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant.": X5 a$ E' X7 ^9 V
- l4 I# P8 V+ o% i; YMusto 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."3 ~# f, {9 A4 S, ]# j3 L
2 N p1 m' Y8 _" y1 cThe 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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2 t- e& d0 u" cAlberta 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./ D% q6 ]2 t3 j1 Q! Q' q
' {7 ^" {; D0 ]' L! }+ U8 _The 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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! I5 c. u5 E% w4 q- L: Y$ Q"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.3 \ n k' j/ s7 N4 K5 ?* w9 N. j
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C/ g$ {" E: w$ T* h; M8 x0 yNot connected to children's hospital cases
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) b, ?+ M$ Z7 W! `$ y2 P! v& B, TOfficials 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.
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! N% v' R2 u& I) L& X' S/ f/ ^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.3 o: J( x. f9 a2 i6 }7 H
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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.$ {2 c& d$ _- k! Q" r
?! t3 \/ l$ |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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