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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.7 F% U1 w* n% d5 ? f5 f6 e
8 n! {1 l1 \" G/ x"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.) |* m( C; H, j. @& z
& [. ^/ y' x, c: J# @" ?1 K"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.: n8 I3 C% k0 b* E E
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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 D! i4 f. m6 y* [ b7 t: B( [4 D
" U2 M: v0 Z) ]$ G' s& T: f0 V8 |Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.# X, ]2 G0 J7 A t' {0 v$ G n
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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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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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