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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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1 ?# a# |' s: Y9 d' `4 G; j) S"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.6 E) o" y0 A$ t4 c
1 r6 X5 A" f: I, J2 _"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."- L3 S/ t( C' }, j
; V& K g. q/ h l3 N" o: g: sOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.
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2 F! i y4 ?. |+ i' {* Z: K1 _7 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.
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4 W2 o. O# o+ oThe 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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