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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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" c; ^+ v& E' C- L; yUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM/ O, `4 h; ^+ O$ l- d
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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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: {% {% o1 o0 {8 B# t2 W* rDr. 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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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.1 R- c* d" n& T: p% Y2 z) T
8 N+ @1 H5 N$ P6 b$ K3 wMost 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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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.
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& B5 U; i% f- {* g! Z: k"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.3 l9 [3 c) T& u" [( H
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.* f& t8 v( Q; v3 Y Y
" q' D9 v4 y2 O"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./ ~1 T, _: K6 J
& i/ H& u* w p7 n8 CGardner 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 e% _4 C$ U1 gHowever, 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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