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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.) H, A+ _) V! M/ f8 Q, L& C% L. k
7 \4 m5 f" t* H5 j8 g"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./ R" A/ `, d: 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.& B: }" C' n, T ~) s4 O
$ K' z: [0 I: t"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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# _8 s* N- E4 \; i7 b3 lOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.
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8 V6 Y/ `# z0 s# x, R! iThe 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 `5 n8 w I6 t, e4 I6 y+ J
) V* S; V9 s9 g8 g* qThe 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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