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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.5 N, p5 d5 C& R9 A* w' k
& [2 P1 ]% S2 |% i. Z6 E( a; H) f"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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T& p' M$ [8 A! ~5 {; S- S/ A"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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9 N8 l2 k; J" m# ]"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."0 F1 y5 B3 {/ l2 h8 D% g3 }9 f
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Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico., I) _) @, e6 Y R: \/ k
- v; ]' Z6 T5 p7 ZThe 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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7 Q; B; |7 M' T$ N0 E3 cThe 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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