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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.$ J! O. _5 M2 R" L
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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.: `+ z( f6 A5 B/ h
! U) P/ ?7 T- K8 D t7 p" b) v"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.# ~1 |1 b7 \- Y: q
) H2 h8 T, I. |# u6 |"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." h, u* U+ U2 O1 @
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Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.7 i5 h7 z6 r5 E$ O3 |0 V# w4 S
; ]2 I! t- Y8 \/ ]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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+ Q. r# i* ^* i2 c; W: G3 B6 f8 ]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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