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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps4 ~% _0 ^# r. b+ V' ]
* s6 ~. x7 E6 N3 {; ^Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM" H5 {% a: ~# f, D# T7 C
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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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6 H( |- y9 K) O; O; ?1 v& Z9 GDr. 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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6 v& g# M3 F1 xThe 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., k$ v( z/ d' K5 Z) l: E$ N
, R5 u/ s0 s7 u; ? x+ s5 C; z% RThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.7 ~! `9 b+ I8 ]0 p( S" ~
+ A- _% \6 p5 x e6 r8 U"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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" Q3 d6 K& v' P7 RMost 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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, a$ t* ?+ X$ o. V$ z: @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.1 ~6 t3 H; h% B" i
! |/ r' h8 l* G& C3 F7 V"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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. w2 \" h# N- RParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.9 m; a4 B$ _5 J: y
6 G/ n7 R* y; u$ [$ X7 ?. {"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.: U7 D2 Z8 g6 u( C
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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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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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