Paulino Lozada arrives at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, wearing a surgical mask after a vacationing in Mexico April 26, 2009.
Photograph by: Merle Robillard , For National Post
Canadian health officials reported six “mild” cases of swine flu on Sunday — the first confirmed cases in Canada since an outbreak of the illness began in Mexico several days ago — and warned there could be more cases in the days ahead.
As governments around the world rushed on Sunday to check the spread of a new type of swine flu that has killed over 80 people in Mexico and has infected about 20 people in the United States, Nova Scotia health officials said two of the four victims in that province, all students at the same private school, recently visited Mexico. Two case also were confirmed in British Columbia.
None of the people in Canada has been hospitalized.
The Canadian cases “have thankfully been relatively mild and the patients are recovering,” said Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq, who warned “as we continue to ramp up our surveillance efforts these cases are likely not the last we’ll see in Canada.”
Aglukkaq said health officials were “following plans and protocols prepared in advance for events like this.”
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