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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." m: q8 j( U$ k( B3 g1 f
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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.$ A5 M- ]' w) Y- I7 o& o
4 E, s0 I- y0 s% L2 p1 H; {, f, I"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." Z3 M5 G/ y) N8 Q) L/ _: l
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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."9 W* j8 c; o; D) X: D- j
3 r- F+ N( }( z$ V) m6 m( pOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.
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, Z7 s9 ]: q/ O* 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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2 h* P% L$ p& s8 _+ g) ~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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