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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.1 g: @) Z# \( S I9 D, g% E- M
! [6 b5 @$ h! D5 p, S5 g. R0 g4 i" Y( 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.
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O" [" p, `2 e9 \( x* G# q9 u"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."- \% C8 d! _ H( Z" [- W/ |7 Q
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Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.. C& C) x1 R7 Z l
. U( y7 B: b! T( 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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1 Z3 Y1 p, K0 H4 j! JThe 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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