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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps$ J6 Z+ v) W$ ?; C$ Z
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ctvtoronto.ca
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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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* Y) Z$ P& Y" bDr. 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.+ P: D! e' l. Q8 B, I. E% M7 d( c0 O3 X
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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." P& S2 p; \1 h2 T0 Z; b; k
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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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# b2 t) [ N1 s/ I$ s2 |Most of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.7 N) `. e$ ^, C, @* o- M
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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., q- N8 g o( t5 P8 Q! z
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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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+ f1 D o9 p+ @Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.% k) r/ d" v1 p4 E m1 z
' v. q8 t0 e% x) ^. @; |2 P"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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! J$ n0 `5 W u4 q+ ]2 r' cThose 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.4 k* b a; s9 J2 k* k/ E
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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.1 D2 f0 N3 a0 D# S
9 a6 b0 Z7 Q/ n' XHowever, 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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