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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./ y8 h! q2 ]# n- s2 f
) Q# u. C) H8 Q1 Q4 B" X* j"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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"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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( s9 @8 f* B1 r j$ Q, m, s* R: p"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."- y& A; X& y! [: `5 D7 G% ]
; R2 T& g$ {& j) A2 P( ~/ M% v4 H- YOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.4 b& M( f( h7 U& N% k4 O* k
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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. X; X/ U! n/ \# H
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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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