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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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9 y2 a% Q- n n2 y0 U"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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0 o/ P7 I& ?' K6 n' i; 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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" u" V3 i3 \& e# S"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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7 I& E; t, g9 v0 q; ~0 E+ [! r9 G* qOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.' h% J( Q" W! x+ S" `% |2 C
5 \- ~" `1 g5 w( RThe 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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