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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.9 p6 W- |$ ^8 _: |/ I5 c v6 i
( w+ W6 X! }& d8 K+ e f. l1 ?9 {"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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"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.* @' ]7 G: t: g) f+ ~4 ^
: q( @# b# D: P. [9 \' v' U"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."* P% I( j7 ?: R/ S) y
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Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.* T& e0 w5 T3 N7 w2 T( J! `
: d% K2 ~7 h8 cThe 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.& J+ L# F* |% i0 W2 K2 N! c2 i6 p
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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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