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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.
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"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.' ^& w' U/ a5 F( I* G
' Q7 e2 n: h2 o"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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) S# q3 B' h2 U: \) I6 p3 v( R"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."; p1 t9 }5 k( {8 ]" D# ]; K' c
6 v: l d7 L2 D: J1 C9 LOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.3 F' K P/ V" ?* ~# U
, |; ^! x; v, F& U/ l% lThe 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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9 t9 `) p# m. f# O) z! W3 rThe 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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