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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.1 T+ |* v& l6 m0 a3 t8 D- S3 H- o
! v! \1 a! t! D" I& 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.1 I G; g4 a J
* t9 o. Y( I2 X2 T: a, a. q# 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.
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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.". N7 `/ _! X' Y& p5 t# O( U3 H' C% I
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Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.3 e8 X* ^1 {. s
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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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: O% H1 }) K; s C6 CThe 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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