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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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8 K1 N; p% n% J3 |" h& [( t- `/ T"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.
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"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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% n, k* r0 b: G# ]"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! ?, c3 a# X. U2 _7 v& X# R6 ?Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.
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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.7 ^, P0 Y3 q/ R
! N% m9 ^7 f ~3 l, N' }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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