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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps* o) L6 |* x" C! G K, o1 B; ~
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM( a$ t. L4 S! F6 F# }- i( L
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' I+ ~4 h- G6 U+ QThe 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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2 f, e( W8 m6 F4 [& {( ~5 TDr. 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.1 u3 c5 K/ j7 n
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.8 @! C# O; M/ P
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.8 _' ?2 c* B( I, S3 E4 k
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Most of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.! t ]# A% n( V/ ]1 X4 t
7 m4 r f; n- S: X; [7 pGardner 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$ D8 n$ i7 s* |! f! f+ g
3 A4 W; x; q. P& U8 R7 G/ D3 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.' X2 Z6 h5 X" m
3 w% T9 Y7 f' u% j7 A; N7 lParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.9 L6 ]5 v' X' {% Q
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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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2 u; T. Y% g, y8 ?* yGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.+ v$ l* x/ N& ]7 a( }4 N
% p6 m- B" V t. x! Y& AHowever, 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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