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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.' W- [$ F4 L% p A7 i4 R; G" X6 i
$ M: Y: d- r+ N$ {& b5 z"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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/ z% e5 n1 ]" S. e! x3 A3 l8 f+ E. h"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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4 ~* b8 A; v3 ` Q7 h: G"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."% J* r% O0 l: A
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Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.% ~! j7 \6 l( d( p; b
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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.# ?# K# p4 ~, n4 J# E
* C; A8 t' }# HThe 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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