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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps. ~; U2 ~" { M1 T" k1 k5 t
0 ?3 y# M1 {! Q; J4 I5 t$ i- e% zUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM6 ^9 q2 C- b' _ R& q. p; z- Z
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. U& z1 r$ K# W: Z& F8 S7 U/ w6 p& YThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.: a& s5 Q- h% ?: \0 {; l# }
' o7 Z( ?% x3 A" l. ~) I5 CDr. 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.4 B; ]; t7 B6 i" |
6 T; u' U2 L" U, C ^; r. \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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5 {. ^( ^: `6 L9 w6 zThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.3 r. S# d( J! @& D' t
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.8 v! @* c2 K" U0 e8 w2 S& b- f% \
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.9 `- \$ X6 n' J: _! \0 z
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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. p. c; j% d& s
! k" b4 E0 z. D. ZGardner 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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"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.2 u P/ G8 s: M# b) m
& r# t) p5 b E" c N7 ]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.6 O* R7 {. T" A
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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.
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& a3 B' c+ s* U* S: N* 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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