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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.6 _ P0 |3 w5 X# D8 n. C
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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.) b0 _! R C; n( }9 p7 V" g
5 M" b$ |/ f" S/ v, `"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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# t X" G4 U+ o& @4 _- 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."
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1 [7 U, l' s% cOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.
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% Y1 i" t$ S9 H* p& X% s2 nThe 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./ k8 |4 H8 O. b" K: N$ G
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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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