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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., j2 d* k) @$ i7 W
! T* c' a8 _- g; c"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.5 I- w2 ]7 j2 y
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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.
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. s. |0 E5 o/ O7 ]" \# {8 ^# _4 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."+ J h7 c# T9 t1 X* L
/ f) y* U( N3 y! C* J2 W' P/ V6 d+ TOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.
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* w x2 a; q, }* H7 ]7 Z1 V1 }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.; t5 N* |) S' h9 w- i
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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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