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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.8 F3 ^# K. v0 v4 F3 g1 {8 W
2 ^. v8 e) x; z4 C" i7 i& w v o ]; y"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.+ m/ O7 `2 ?( }
x4 _. d3 O+ c/ c3 L: u) c2 K"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.4 I" @! T3 e. f0 O1 D
$ }8 ` q# D3 L9 }"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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( ~& p3 x; a/ s5 U6 cOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.( @9 F' f. ?1 [
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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.
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: c( ~9 Q+ P% k) ]3 w0 lThe 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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