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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.+ R1 D1 |2 ~7 P
/ }9 ^4 o: e# K" F- d$ N/ D! {"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.3 ]' L& h) S5 ?3 A% ~" K
& P' [# n3 Y, j( 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./ X" ^# ]. d! m1 t% u
: h# i0 i1 v6 I% b"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."' k7 a2 a. G7 i9 E
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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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# O5 ]8 ]; C* I8 I" ?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.
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& ~, _& e; ?; Z! Q' l9 W zThe 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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