TORONTO (AP) — Nova Scotia's chief public health officer says the east coast Canadian province has four confirmed cases of swine flu.2 r+ x- A9 g0 W( w
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Canadian officials are planning a briefing today in Ottawa on the swine flu situation, which the World Health Organization has declared to be a "public health emergency of international concern.", ?- Z8 O. F, ` ?' _! \ b/ F
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Mexico's health minister says the disease has killed up to 86 people and likely sickened more than 1,400 since April 13. 1 _6 _8 \1 F. P" m/ e9 c! k! d: [; c1 H5 W. p- ]( P% s) k
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Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza that regularly cause outbreaks of influenza among pigs. Swine flu viruses do not normally infect humans, however, human infections with swine flu do occur, and cases of human-to-human spread of swine flu viruses has been documented.