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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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# l( \. b/ z9 v6 a J0 L$ IUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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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.8 ~: o: d( V, z$ X0 D6 r/ U# E" Y
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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./ O' Y9 E9 ~/ S& n4 U1 \/ L: z
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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.- t+ |) n4 X4 x, i# w
7 ^. b4 e, x+ q" X0 BThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.* P, u' J9 w0 Q
+ p- q$ l2 {; ~"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.* ?6 O$ ?- y& y/ c+ F/ v z. A4 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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) O9 C" v9 }1 X. o. N' S4 e6 MGardner 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.* m. n5 d% J% s$ \
- O% M2 _; O* s) |- p4 ?"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.& v: C' M8 A8 V4 p0 J! g# E
, P2 s5 j$ r, F; h# fParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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% k4 `" `+ v/ r3 O6 U4 W+ V"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.1 q& w# J4 Q1 J) w2 n% U0 X
- |5 g5 J }) A, x+ ]% v, \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.: `$ f' {1 Y' `2 P$ N5 `
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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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" {+ P3 W1 C3 j/ uHowever, 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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