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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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The 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.$ p5 [( Q5 q1 g, O" }. C$ m
+ H$ k) |3 A# `"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.# k7 m+ A: M7 I+ T: `' j
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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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8 h- ~' w: R) V+ k" N5 x9 ?" DMusto 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 W0 w: @+ r# E' d# s
9 j" \0 K2 N t2 I! k O! q" x; [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.) W5 p j8 |" s: ^8 a/ N/ ~$ \
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.! \" o1 h, r% @- [7 g3 r; N) V
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.- D s; { n, z Z, t
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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.; y- v/ l( k: i
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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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.
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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.! B' W3 c- p6 r% o
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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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% p/ ]: e9 u4 v+ C& X! 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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