SHOOT: Shows you how premature any complacency is at this stage.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 4 (Reuters) - An Alberta girl has been hospitalized in Canada's first serious case of the H1N1 flu, as the country's confirmed cases climbed to 140, health officials said on Monday.
Officials had expected to discover people suffering more serious effects from the virus as the disease progresses, even though all other cases in Canada have involved only mild symptoms.
"The news of this first more severe case, although disconcerting, is not surprising, and it does not change the course of action were are taking," said Dr. David Butler-Jones, Canada's chief public health officer.
The girl is being treated in intensive care at an Edmonton, Alberta, hospital. She had not been to Mexico where where the flu outbreak began and where 101 people have died, and officials do not know yet how she became infected or why her symptoms are so severe.
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