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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. t% I6 E; Y+ X' m8 i
7 F4 N; {6 h3 I( s; G& i1 D"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.6 b: }( e6 x3 N" b7 i2 R0 x
& f0 U7 P/ D( A8 m; s; y! O, z"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.+ P7 [2 i4 h2 f. Q
6 S0 Z1 v K; k: C" V3 N0 D"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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Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.% ^6 Q# D, a T+ t) A0 w# `2 c% ~
; f7 ~9 u, `; J, [5 G, p; [' UThe 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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