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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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& Y7 ]# s2 }3 g9 {" {% l"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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, {! r/ Y! V" q7 ]5 Q1 Z! G# m"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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"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."1 o1 ^) Z3 _7 S5 k. H9 S
: `. F1 A$ x6 i8 m6 R, `0 yOfficials said neither illness had required hospitalization, and said both individuals contracted the virus during recent travel to Mexico.% k5 g: ]) H8 Z" e$ F
_2 s1 M0 a3 A1 MThe 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.5 \. u, p# j* Q/ [
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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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