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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps- U2 X/ m( n2 t- o. O- x8 Q
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM' x4 ^* _9 A" k# n
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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.3 ?' l5 a2 E" j/ n
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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.$ m o b2 e E1 q% V" S
J _& e. W) v. W& ?The number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.0 v) s, k* S. `2 Y
& M1 q) P# L) B4 o! j( xThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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9 _; T) u. k5 Y2 V. ?"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.# O3 r/ W# I% D( c# [
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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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Gardner 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.9 f9 [3 Q5 X7 l G
9 U- @9 Z: j: |. X" b l3 F+ x"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.. s+ j6 [6 X* K* y0 j$ r
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Parents 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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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.
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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.4 k3 \# D+ N3 s: C+ \
( O. J4 l, D* k2 `) r# NHowever, 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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