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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.
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+ a. d/ ?6 L7 F) j7 ?"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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0 x& X+ a# c3 }- c1 z; B"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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" a( p* e h" x3 P4 oOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.) p! f6 b6 @! d; [; C/ D$ J2 U" P
' H2 \5 l5 \% S. U* OThe 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.. T! C# D' A6 d. C6 d6 O; S
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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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