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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps$ \! N9 V4 t0 s
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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) t2 w, m' o* [2 ^1 CThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.. |! C* i' G- i \0 { Y& Q7 H2 S
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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.- V3 g6 Q2 W, d* t: P) S& @
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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.6 p3 ?# ]# a" A5 V
8 B6 b: O" d- s3 h1 XThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.! e/ U' u. l8 L( V
- l h3 k+ k/ W7 K6 g' QThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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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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Most of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine." C- M: z3 C# J* {/ K
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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.+ k# N( B+ ]" D4 O e/ e9 h
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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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* v1 w. A0 I+ M# ?) u# j& I: @Parents 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.
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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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Gardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.. M$ Y, M& _0 i- _( a& z* g9 ]" I
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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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