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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.
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; y" q' d4 B. {* n) L1 P"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.! ^; K* f/ p% m8 V( p w
4 c. H M/ G1 r+ V" x/ g# }: i"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."8 M/ V4 m* Z7 w3 u
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Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico. A" \9 i/ i9 H2 R8 \7 p$ ?- q
' e3 c4 W; v' 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.( F! [& k3 K/ z, H* a) h
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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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