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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.$ C- O! p, x" w( D
2 C; L' {3 B H" O/ T" {8 w% 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.# G' H# ]2 t) s8 U2 H" p& q
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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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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* H9 D4 f; R4 {- F5 q1 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."
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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.
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5 g/ ]7 r$ v$ n; Y2 W: y+ {Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March., i$ H5 L) I# W3 c
9 x: m( K2 h( [7 M/ Z6 a# \/ _"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.! E9 o C1 g' o" Q1 T! ^1 }1 J' h: X
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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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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.; l+ C2 e- d( W, `
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! [9 G. y& l3 ]; D3 F+ bNot connected to children's hospital cases
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! V) l* A% q! H% S$ a4 a; _+ bOfficials 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.# W- g: ]9 E/ i6 n! F2 x8 ?+ E
! P! a! |6 x5 O1 L; V0 UThe 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.5 E. O. p, X+ R( u" d" H' N: K
+ R8 w* Z# b2 K* H% a0 I* `! [) oTed 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.5 [* U6 o! O" E8 m6 r
% ^; f; V0 c3 c" ]2 ^"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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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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