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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.- |$ y" W7 Y2 e5 K$ D2 w* d
% f# q8 r/ n# Q* X8 [6 d"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.- ?( w$ `6 j) g/ F1 j. l' M: _
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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."9 i9 Z$ W, y, T* s& w; {
! f: X) L+ L8 g: eOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.( d9 t( c1 ~% X0 b# E+ Q
2 E0 r# e* \. V8 i8 m1 S# KThe 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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