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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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1 Z S. N$ o6 Q3 O) |) T2 g"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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"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 e. E* V# U$ a( n
9 j5 p) {8 |+ [& x- B# tOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.1 x0 T. m" M! r' o3 U" ?/ t+ I
" r7 V0 E0 b" DThe 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.9 J6 z5 H. c& m7 t: |2 o1 u3 {
! U$ a$ J1 H* 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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