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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., l4 ~4 \6 c1 d' H
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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.4 c8 H' p- ^4 f+ E5 M% Y
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"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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" [$ o0 v+ x7 J2 \3 U4 W& v"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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Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.
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2 m2 p1 O, x. w' S7 uThe 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.. K4 \7 E& U( j- G$ c
# N) ]* v+ l, H1 s- Y8 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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