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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.$ ~$ V; G6 Z% }9 T/ A& {& |( H; `/ L
& _* d, t) N p* R 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.
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8 Q$ p/ F6 y2 |; `" N# x6 H- Y, DTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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' u7 J' }$ i- d- r"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.3 o( U; j2 a1 _9 A
/ Q8 ^" \& S! _: g9 ]8 B"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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8 H7 T! y0 J/ f1 ^, U3 `- \) GMusto 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.$ K/ c( z. B/ E. H9 {7 G
* q. S0 H0 Y/ W" ^Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.) M) a' Q, p8 w! ]4 b5 b5 k4 f5 d
! J& \! \+ | x3 p6 j; ?"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said., w9 e1 J* U5 {' v5 K: o# W: E2 w; t: L
/ w3 f0 `' k+ s+ nThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto. O4 T) y6 M7 O l) B+ E8 a
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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9 s- I+ Z8 W: fNot connected to children's hospital cases
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3 I- u, A8 Z) 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.$ z0 i" ? r! S, @
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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.6 c) c( b0 K$ U/ j
0 }; g2 ` Z+ m; G+ X1 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.! Z; `8 D/ g" f+ O! J4 M
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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./ d+ p! J" o' e2 v* D
) i+ ~" S/ v6 X, HEvery 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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