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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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^6 n( }$ f/ s- x7 ^"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.% Q2 y6 T0 c& p$ m9 ?, K
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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."
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- v0 N. p3 O' k( i7 P+ E" e$ a2 bOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.
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# S5 K; \1 W$ c0 d* `The 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.& N2 h% d9 y! z# j3 m v
' }2 s3 P# m- c/ BThe 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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