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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.( o: d1 N5 U) u
% F7 T/ u5 J: m' D$ _5 f& H3 _2 ["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.( }8 l5 p* e7 z: O9 E1 q6 z
- O1 k* E- ], R/ _7 u# ?; O5 Q' `"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.9 J d7 h% b# [. T1 i
- f6 D. X3 s% r E' r% i0 L"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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: W/ I7 |& o% C: p3 h, E8 P$ mOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.3 S& \( l- p2 [4 r8 g% R/ I* s# B
& _% I) l0 Y3 S; @2 N9 _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. C6 k2 a* J% h( k! x7 R6 X
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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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