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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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f! ], d8 n& N: N2 e"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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6 d0 k8 d& w! [7 I0 |* h' Z"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.& j4 f. P( C: m/ o% z! b* V4 q; j
: L c6 K& V+ S2 a2 \2 x1 }* n"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."" a, F& l' C% s4 b
# R% u) R; k% T1 s0 r6 X+ NOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico., L5 N/ i+ A9 R0 f
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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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