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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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+ {; i' R! K1 y( Q5 y' PUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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9 f9 y4 m7 D% n( b _; n L+ ]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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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.1 A }1 ^7 }! f9 p/ j
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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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. u& V7 A3 ?1 l, X tThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.( a# H$ k3 F: i z0 }9 R" z. ?) E
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said., h/ n+ D1 W+ U$ [$ S, F4 T
- k4 a# }; T9 y0 G6 A7 R, N"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.: u# U7 B" K/ F b8 _, |
1 ], r+ n% A5 \2 ^# {( FMost 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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4 {" \( I8 E: E"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.: X) P% V7 T2 j2 L4 c
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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5 n# r$ D( b5 z! s' w7 l8 X5 E"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.
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7 j1 I e M* q$ _! `' [7 E0 u Q# ~- IGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.) t/ e1 I( I- V0 l1 s, d4 Z
1 ^, |3 L, d2 Z- Y X7 hHowever, 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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