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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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; u4 t1 \ L0 D/ @1 c. A! R"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.- I5 m# K8 @7 ]% s! q* [. b( S; G
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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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( K7 B v) w, k9 Y; [' C"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." i: ^$ b4 i. a5 ^
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Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.; l" {" b, [* s; F6 S9 i6 c( e
$ }0 v# g9 P2 \# x( |1 v2 I" c) A5 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.
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, p8 w/ C5 x" I5 R. FThe 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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