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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.. _* W# ?( K7 d( M" B! g4 i
/ o" U% C( k% ]) Z# S0 f( W! N"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.5 C7 K8 M8 u' X( Q1 q
" e5 C3 D" W6 O5 H3 S"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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+ Z2 j- G* f8 a: N) c1 Y5 N. n4 LOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.; `5 U0 e# d6 U u
/ C6 v5 I1 u8 m$ i( ]2 U/ O- HThe 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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" N( s# m( `6 a( G2 _. }& v" l$ w) iThe 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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