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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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9 G5 E/ c+ V k6 R- wUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.
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) j8 B# w8 g, z$ u1 k) |Dr. Charles Gardner, the district's chief medical officer of health, told ctvtoronto.ca on Wednesday that the district isn't saying which three camps are involved.
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( q% V, r" V' l% Z: O' O, C. |The lakeland area of central Ontario covered by the district has 71 registered camps. The three camps involved had 1,275 campers and 480 staff, he said.7 N5 H/ v) s* R& h
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The number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.; G1 T- O$ v0 n# T0 l# z$ n$ r# ]
0 q2 n$ j. N. F! H; h5 \The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said." H1 I" k @3 w2 ~
, M2 h. S6 D5 w"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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Most of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.
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2 o* w7 F4 k7 S R5 l* H& YGardner said the district is also having all camps tell all parents in writing that "this is an unusual year" -- referring to the outbreak of H1N1, which the World Health Organization has declared a pandemic.
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w8 m, {" a0 n2 x- `" L"They need to be aware of H1N1 influenza, that we've had three outbreaks to date and there's the possibility we could have others," he said.
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( F6 B- q" N' qParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.0 H V+ I; j- s6 I: b0 O7 o d
% g" @3 S' b8 h5 A3 S6 b"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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Those symptoms include fever, cough, sore throats or a general sense of malaise. "If that's happening within seven days of them coming to a camp, they should not go," he said.4 J, _0 S2 b# R1 a/ G" @
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Gardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.
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However, normally the district is usually more focused on working with camps to prevent outbreaks of gastroenteric diseases and on injury prevention, he said. |
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