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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.& R. }" p0 B0 @/ V& V
$ c2 B/ P% V; U: _- a9 {1 i6 d"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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"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."" G' P$ ]( ]) x$ F& r3 T" R6 y
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Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.# o4 r! N% r. e- q% E8 ?
' F/ A& U- z7 O6 I$ [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.
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The 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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