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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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0 T' C6 @$ {& w% m' y& x! p) `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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" I- {, t& A1 A* kDr. 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.+ M4 M, W* ^/ X1 L' D
' _. c b/ u7 Y! s vThe 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.4 O: e$ y# p; h& W a
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.+ {' {9 }! m+ A
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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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, g, ]$ v! L& @) c4 W& TMost of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.4 `) d5 t, p/ V( t0 |: o* z% B. x
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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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9 d, _6 a3 |! y8 R8 X"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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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.2 g: y9 w0 @2 X1 y2 E
) Y+ H$ J& f3 Z) C J6 _ W2 TGardner 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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