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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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ctvtoronto.ca7 V2 V9 Q. Q9 L/ C8 h. E- A
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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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* {3 O" {6 V' f l' s; dDr. 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.8 i0 ~/ I5 ^+ T7 T
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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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" [! X0 [% f" |& v3 r- E& n0 @% YThe 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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. S9 A1 x1 n6 v: |4 Z6 b" G5 ~6 N6 ["The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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" C8 T# E0 ~7 b/ u5 j- 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.* r5 s- i& j% H9 l
4 C9 f! `: b7 p% `+ f"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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2 y3 {- P; _$ f% _8 p- {Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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4 J/ y3 e7 Q$ K: s6 @5 F"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said. A5 X1 H6 `7 n& U- K4 C: }. X
- e; }, j" X% Z/ D( v- ZThose 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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! L% p4 I" W5 zGardner 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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9 ~4 t" m' J/ @* {5 b- G! SHowever, 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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