 鲜花( 2)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
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.- z7 |5 Q2 q2 d, @' q4 A
+ c) H% P2 J" \" W9 F p- @
"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.
$ z6 v6 m! f8 `# x
9 }; i* i( T+ D9 D"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.& d6 e7 {& ]. E. r( W$ J
2 x k* S5 W$ K7 q9 ], W/ K$ n% 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."
x! L5 Y" i: Z! Q9 d+ L
8 D& E+ G+ d8 c* gOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.2 O( \ N. K* N# O! l2 n
& G/ X* ^: L/ N; L. i) G9 C) h
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.* p8 F, @; K3 {: ^5 g' S. K
6 M$ q" ^5 b* _, i, S* O( [1 GThe two of Canada's other swine flu cases surfaced in British Columbia, while the other four cases were in Novia Scotia. |
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2009-4-28 12:14
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
发表于 2009-4-28 16:20
