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0 g8 K; z. b) P. ^7 v3 EA 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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! ~5 c: Q$ q, ~. {4 f8 yThe 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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9 X% l* J/ M, f& p- b"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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& K; Y* H( b# d2 }8 I- z: X; w"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."' U' F. V4 ~ z* p, r3 Y2 c& `; }
6 Q4 @- k4 ?& Y4 p0 C( C' PMusto 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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$ q7 Y' Q- @! \, [6 g+ ?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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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.* C' o2 T. }# _/ A/ x
0 V* H) D$ G( @0 U; H"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.
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+ k" o5 W' S. M1 [ @"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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1 c( M* ^5 b; ~* B' M1 qOfficials 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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+ V8 t# z% l6 V, j1 VTed 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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"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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" p$ a$ M6 I7 o! w6 v. @" s* PEvery 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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