MONTREAL – Canadian health authorities on Wednesday reported the country’s first case of a human infected with the H1N2 virus, a rare strain of swine flu.
The case, detected in the western province of Alberta in mid-October, appears to be isolated “and there is no increased risk to Albertans at this time,” local health officials said in a statement.
“This is the only influenza case reported in Alberta so far this flu season,” the statement read.
It added that the unnamed patient experienced mild influenza-like symptoms, “was tested and then quickly recovered. There is no evidence at this time that the virus has spread further.”
The H1N2 strain is not a food-related illness and it is not transmissible to humans by eating pork or other pig products, officials said. (AFP)
