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2 y# r4 k N. P( o2 F, K; ]/ b. ]: RA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu. d/ w, N! U4 _/ u7 S
% [6 B5 @& Q# v( L% O 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.. x& a$ M" _/ c5 ]' I1 z
9 ~8 f) g4 x, PTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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' h7 k4 J, L ^. k4 s"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.& S, D5 ^; U. E- b. T
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."( Q# o& v+ ]" ]0 u8 d8 P% w. j% I
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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."' z+ E! b) t3 k$ M
& J4 {5 K r* k M2 h5 i; j: ?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.) ?4 @) {* O' J3 d- N, O6 d
Z8 n# R& C1 V4 q0 C& S0 X5 yAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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- H: s( k2 E# o"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.+ i S; W7 {" G$ m( n+ t. [
* X; S' A9 d% A& `2 QThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.0 R+ s- E$ q2 l* ^2 Z
' x2 z; O; u; g6 y+ p) ?/ N+ ]"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.! d. Z- |6 n8 q4 z
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/ w6 b, W% @# \+ ]Not connected to children's hospital cases1 p9 W5 ]: m; d
! J# ]8 N; e% K5 g/ P0 B7 A) 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.8 N! B: u% z0 e
& Q" y: ?: ]! {- c. wThe 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.- j9 b. B! ^2 {
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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.
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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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4 O8 V0 `; m: ~& d8 w. g* uEvery 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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