????????據(jù)美國(guó)政治新聞網(wǎng) Politico報(bào)道，《舊金山紀(jì)事報(bào)》25日公布了加利福尼亞州圣克拉拉縣驗(yàn)尸官的一份報(bào)告，顯示當(dāng)?shù)匾幻邮敲绹?guó)最早記錄的新冠肺炎死亡病例，其死因是新冠肺炎引起的嚴(yán)重心臟病。

????????《舊金山紀(jì)事報(bào)》獲取的尸檢報(bào)告顯示，這名57歲的女子Dowd于2月6日去世，其去世前幾天曾出現(xiàn)流感類似癥狀。由醫(yī)學(xué)檢查員Susan Parson博士進(jìn)行的尸檢發(fā)現(xiàn)，她的心臟、氣管、肺部和腸道都存在新冠病毒感染。

• Patricia Dowd, 57, died Feb. 6 and had reported flu-like symptoms in the days before her death, according to the report. The autopsy, performed by medical examiner Dr. Susan Parson, found COVID-19 viral infection in her heart, trachea, lungs and intestines.

????????尸檢還發(fā)現(xiàn)，她有輕度肥胖，且心臟輕度增大，但沒(méi)有導(dǎo)致心臟病發(fā)作的冠心病或血栓。尸檢報(bào)告指出，她心臟周圍的囊中血液聚集，導(dǎo)致心臟受壓過(guò)大而破裂。

• She was mildly obese and had a mildly enlarged heart, according to the autopsy, but had no coronary heart disease or clotting that would have caused a heart attack. The autopsy found that blood had collected in the sac around her heart, leading to pressure on the heart that caused it to rupture.

????????據(jù)《舊金山紀(jì)事報(bào)》，這份尸檢報(bào)告早在2月7日就開(kāi)始進(jìn)行，但直到4月23日才完成、簽字。

• The autopsy was performed Feb. 7 but not completed and signed off on until Thursday.?

????????這是目前美國(guó)已知的最早的新冠死亡病例，這表明新冠病毒早在1月、甚至更早就已經(jīng)開(kāi)始在加州傳播。

????????之前美國(guó)疾控中心通報(bào)的第一例新冠死亡病例是在華盛頓州，死于2月28日。而上述病例在更早的三周前死亡，但直到本周才被認(rèn)定為美國(guó)的第一例新冠死亡病例。

• The death came three weeks before Washington state reported its Feb. 28 death, which until this week was considered the nation's first.

????????除了這個(gè)病例，加州圣克拉拉法醫(yī)辦公室還保存了2月和3月初進(jìn)行尸檢的另外兩名死者的組織，因?yàn)楣賳T們看到了病毒感染的證據(jù)，對(duì)死者進(jìn)行了包括流感在內(nèi)的疑似致死病毒檢測(cè)，結(jié)果均呈陰性。首席驗(yàn)尸官說(shuō)，懷疑他們的死亡是由于covid19，但當(dāng)時(shí)無(wú)法對(duì)他們進(jìn)行測(cè)試。

• ...as well as from two other people autopsied in February and early March, because officials saw evidence of viral infection and the victims tested negative for likely culprits including influenza. The chief medical examiner-coroner has said she suspected their deaths were because of COVID-19 but could not test them at the time.

????????圣克拉拉縣衛(wèi)生部門主管薩拉·科迪表示，“我們?cè)谝辉潞投鲁鯖](méi)有太多的檢測(cè)試劑盒可用，所以無(wú)法對(duì)需要的人檢測(cè)。驗(yàn)尸官會(huì)遇到一些情況，然后質(zhì)疑是否可能是傳染病，因此他們保留了樣品。最終的檢測(cè)結(jié)果顯示感染了新冠病毒。”

????????4月23日，美國(guó)加州州長(zhǎng)開(kāi)文·紐森下令，要求驗(yàn)尸官和醫(yī)學(xué)檢驗(yàn)員對(duì)加州2019年12月以來(lái)的死者做尸檢，查明疫情最早何時(shí)在加州發(fā)生。

來(lái)源：中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)（ID：CHINADAILYWX）

編輯：付慧敏

實(shí)習(xí)生：張景茜、顧貝盈

綜合：《舊金山紀(jì)事報(bào)》、politico、環(huán)球網(wǎng)