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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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6 g( L, w9 [% B) L% w+ f"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.. |2 t3 q f! K3 p& Q; ?
0 O! H7 k" K$ M"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 m; k+ x2 z4 H
" z2 w+ j+ `1 }! t; I9 o+ |6 m% }% M"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."
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. }9 ]+ m' m$ Z1 |$ JOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.
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* @' k/ D( b! X7 SThe 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.( c# o6 Q. M$ q Q: A
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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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