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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.
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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., b, }1 G; \! Q9 |$ ?4 _" f; w' _$ Y
2 ^3 \' Z+ B7 E- b"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.5 x/ x3 E. J5 ^
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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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% a. Z( q4 O7 U6 L# gOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.- C5 D1 J5 u& _- _# r, @$ q! F- r
6 `: E% C9 f) U+ sThe 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.
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- ?, Y8 l5 F+ N2 m+ m, \7 PThe 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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