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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.: |! g, h( J, h. t5 x4 q' Q9 J
' H" k% J) @0 J1 @"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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% D% k; x; a: ]' I w" X" h) n( z"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.1 X) ?! }" x0 d+ |
) i. E2 A$ c* Q# C3 e" N# o"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."- K. H7 M9 z3 f. P, J3 m2 W3 t
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Officials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico. _' @% b$ g0 C' ~1 y/ o
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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.4 e2 K; [7 n# e5 y6 C# b6 [
6 n* u2 k9 w6 B: h6 D- ^8 pThe 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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