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Canada to Change Swine Flu Virus Name into H1N1 Flu Virus

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Canada will start calling the ongoing illness "H1N1 flu virus" and stop using "swine flu," the country's chief public health officer David Butler-Jones said on Thursday.

Jones made the announcement at a press conference in Ottawa. Meanwhile, the total of Canada's confirmed swine flu cases have risen to 32.

(Xinhua News Agency May 1, 2009)