TORONTO (AP) — Nova Scotia's chief public health officer says the east coast Canadian province has four confirmed cases of swine flu. 9 g# ~9 ~- Q5 Z( O: g" v1 s k+ ]) ?8 u, t' Q; E
Chief Public Health officer Dr. Robert Strang says Sunday four students from King's-Edgehill School in Nova Scotia ranging in age from 12 to 17 or 18 are recovering. All of them had what he describes as "very mild" cases of the flu. " l2 O8 O5 [; ]! w; E. l & r8 e2 n1 v' x5 N0 dCanadian officials are planning a briefing today in Ottawa on the swine flu situation, which the World Health Organization has declared to be a "public health emergency of international concern." / f4 E, s# f& T8 |: y+ U8 Y+ \5 @1 T8 I$ L _$ ~# K: Z+ y h! o
Mexico's health minister says the disease has killed up to 86 people and likely sickened more than 1,400 since April 13. - w$ N4 B/ G& W9 [& m! }$ |0 `# Q% g1 w% H. C$ r4 D
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Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza that regularly cause outbreaks of influenza among pigs. Swine flu viruses do not normally infect humans, however, human infections with swine flu do occur, and cases of human-to-human spread of swine flu viruses has been documented.