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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps! Q) F- ~, K! T2 E- y/ b
, E* f/ a5 W; J1 Q- r, hUpdated: 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.
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" ]! K. W8 A, E( hDr. 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.
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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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- o. x$ A, P" v"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.3 t! e* L$ G9 w
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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.# T4 P( \1 O4 |4 @. \
+ F# Q# O/ C, K6 CGardner 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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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.1 x, I! n9 Y" j. |! ?- \4 _, [' H
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.0 ], X3 n: X ^. }
- M4 d" `, _+ x9 NThose 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.
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+ l6 x* k7 _9 m7 H+ ]. zHowever, 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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