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OTTAWA (AFP) — The number of people infected with swine flu in Canada rose to eight Tuesday, after health officials confirmed two cases in the western province of Alberta.
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"Two cases of human swine influenza have been confirmed in Alberta -- one in Calgary and the other in northern Alberta," said Dr Andre Corriveau, Alberta's chief medical officer for health matters, in a statement.
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" Y3 B- B1 [# a# I3 W"Both individuals are male and have experienced a mild form of human swine flu," Corriveau said, adding that one of the patients already had fully recovered, while the other was nearly better.3 @' |" }9 D2 W; n/ V
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"These cases show that our monitoring and surveillance system is working as it should," he said, calling both bouts of the potentially deadly illness "mild."% W1 l0 }+ A2 h0 s7 Y5 @$ Z8 n
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Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.( l, O5 P+ k% v/ @* a
+ s' W! c( z& l* g: Y [The announcement of the increase in the number of swine flu cases came as the Canadian government warned its citizens against travel to Mexico unless absolutely necessary./ Z# Q. N& F p* u* @+ F4 l$ t
4 g. B3 ~$ v; l% w( cThe two of Canada's other swine flu cases surfaced in British Columbia, while the other four cases were in Novia Scotia. |
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