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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.. s- h" m/ b; |1 a, T
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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.* n6 E! f. N3 e
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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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; ~ H/ V. r: H; [- n7 Z4 G' R& w' j"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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' X/ W I% G! v& e8 Q6 N4 D7 WOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.0 U2 y6 n) m0 d1 F; n- [- m
1 e0 [' M3 ~7 j& `, [7 @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.7 S$ s% B! D7 _) o2 R. S
! C H$ g) J n3 Z- x% {' D# L, TThe 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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