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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps0 I6 T$ c) x) z- @
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM$ H+ O5 b/ o, T$ u) X) m
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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." W8 c' T" s/ O9 l
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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.: `8 Z- X& ?3 N9 q. q. Y) B
1 W# l4 z y( KThe 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./ l1 w% k9 Q' Z; E
$ }8 Z! b3 g, H' a8 Z& kThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.
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9 t5 b1 b! w9 U4 Y( X# XThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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"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.5 r2 y3 \0 B) E
, v' ]: s0 g8 ZGardner 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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6 W# n2 k6 R9 B. e }"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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# y7 D" p2 Z: e0 FParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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; [% N$ `4 H/ v, A, l( O* wThose 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.
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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.. j- J& L7 R0 q# W
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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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