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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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! b9 `5 U+ F; X6 G! V IUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM/ E* M2 o0 T; ] m
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3 ]( w2 w( E2 X5 c9 q" KThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.1 A3 O* J l" U; |1 i0 d" j" H
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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.- A, p; y t" c3 `/ u8 }
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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.1 Z; e- y2 O# O/ x) r
6 O5 @! ^- V, R6 {The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.. l4 u o2 S4 e$ ~4 a# T2 h* i9 r0 u
# w! h+ {. w) q% e, Q"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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' q V0 A8 }2 o9 r9 u9 B2 ?Most of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.2 T& d- M" j/ v) [- O# A
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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.7 R; J8 N' i c% ?% m
# C/ c6 x! L& U; t O"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.& a) J6 `4 |4 J+ y2 Q
. ^7 |! N5 ?8 L7 E# u7 v) eParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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. i, I% J+ |8 x& C"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.' w0 Q. ~% s+ T: @! R
" U9 ?& Q* P+ RGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.) S& p) p( N& j( u U. d' m) }
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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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