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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM! E/ b* \$ s0 h, }6 h G4 }( H$ J
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Z2 C2 a, `1 y6 EThe 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.
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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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The number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.& `7 M/ l5 A# \, |8 |7 x: X
- c+ ?1 ` y2 m& Y+ W- GThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.0 e3 |0 n ~: Z3 V+ x; z: {
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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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# h2 y6 C' h* y* j5 ^: t: {Most of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.# F/ j; q% o4 P7 _. s4 i
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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.( P L; C+ P7 \: O) W8 `
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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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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.! i: Y' y: c' I4 c+ i- Q! a- }
& C9 f4 w! T7 Y"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.2 {7 T6 a2 q) l- {
* R; U$ J3 d1 @2 O6 Q3 DThose 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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9 Y. h( c4 N1 K+ ]$ L" j9 V5 qGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.5 K6 `: N& [$ e; t
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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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