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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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% x1 _2 P3 a) b5 @# u/ d! r" 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.") g0 D8 Y, D6 C+ e: y* Q, V( Q
4 V5 m5 o2 B% b( ~0 A" j4 D( _Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.
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6 s* z( D* I$ o% k I p" wThe 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.* P* _) Y2 u: g
; K4 y, i) r. N1 _7 eThe 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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