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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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"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." Q7 c- r) A! l; Q* d, V
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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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6 g8 w) P; L( C3 y; p6 B"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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3 d9 ?4 F2 E$ f# n3 I, J; VOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.
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1 t# T: _4 R: z V* tThe 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.0 m8 l6 d* P( V# B
% L& a- ] J4 ^' z0 ^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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