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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps& j/ m5 s! N9 g" a4 I5 k, J
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM3 p* K. Z' _8 r V8 m9 ]( D
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ctvtoronto.ca) R0 `0 ]8 Y% W. f7 ]
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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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! K+ \2 t7 r2 O, f* h" }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.- t0 t! W& A+ D2 V
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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.
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# w2 V) @, l8 k# Q5 X( kThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.* W+ G* u. Z9 a1 z4 _
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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8 Y- E3 @0 T& R! [# w"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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1 B, {' z; Z2 W/ ?2 G: gMost of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.$ G: y. ]4 w$ B; G$ Q1 T% V
# G1 x8 z7 I. j- h7 nGardner 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.7 k6 @) F& s# z5 ]* r: b7 u( l
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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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* [8 Y$ R' [- S0 s0 H4 N: N+ yParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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( @( s& R: c6 `# l2 n"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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1 Z0 o1 L& ?& m) G, 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.$ L6 h1 P- H- T1 z$ `; x
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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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2 H8 E: U+ s. f" I# hHowever, 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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