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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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. y- z& l( G# D, ]: C9 L"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." _6 A5 z1 T+ |: E
5 H) _3 u, G: a& j"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.7 ]( u$ O* }4 X" p, j% G
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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."% t/ C$ M U/ m% `' \
* ^# C/ x8 P3 I+ y7 @5 Q9 V QOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico., o& Z* t* o' u5 w9 r' S0 X0 c: c
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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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; q& N; e4 p. R4 l" E3 p9 A: v) sThe 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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