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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM6 _4 J# z2 W% W2 X3 N6 h, R
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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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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.' K7 H+ \) [" t
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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.2 I0 v1 w# c0 _& F. Z3 l2 G
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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.
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! g2 g) _1 a+ q _The 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.# ^7 u- B+ P: \6 R, U% \
/ |# o5 i1 n& r+ ?+ ]Most of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.2 j% \+ x c! c. z; O; N
+ j+ h- k9 o5 c3 j+ N) iGardner 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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"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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/ [( T4 n& x/ UParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.9 O7 F8 R1 l: G {; l% W+ v
$ ~7 p+ d4 f- e) X"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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8 ]: |6 z# C2 ~ u# b5 N5 U2 PThose 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.+ N4 c6 B9 F5 L1 {; B, G
+ B5 V, b# x& ]: FGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.3 ~8 n# l- c0 H: s9 H
7 A Y, G3 K7 H iHowever, 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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