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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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# m6 p7 M/ c A! M4 x8 E1 d+ x"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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5 m( W1 {5 ?" i X8 d; X( I$ }8 v: l"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.
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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."( }- D9 |6 H6 q |$ g
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Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.8 C6 k& Z1 _8 i/ l1 I. r) C
" {* g Y5 i, {) pThe 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.4 q3 ]/ B3 s- D1 n7 C8 T6 a
6 ~5 |7 M. A& H$ Z X4 rThe 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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