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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.$ G+ y4 h3 `4 Y- R* X' N+ J* |$ b
: u/ k+ O* h. c/ S% V"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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" y3 j% G! a" h5 T: X2 Q"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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Z, U; y! e+ q( T: X$ W( Z"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."( m) g! N; b/ ^* w2 H. @% M( |
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Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.0 w' d4 S! e1 a7 k* {2 p7 e5 [
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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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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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