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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.+ B J4 H9 p- K2 C% M% j
" g- ]/ p* x( I% R"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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# N$ n) z. L4 F* [+ f4 l"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.) i6 P! o" j# L
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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."
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7 n$ g$ v4 d6 J+ \( m+ r/ W* v4 DOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.! v, j0 j% x* i9 w
2 A$ r7 W/ r, w* [9 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.* P. [+ L- `9 P3 W
: d- O6 M3 i+ o% w4 YThe 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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