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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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) O( W1 V3 W/ O. o3 B& K7 EUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM# a& E2 Q: R: K6 _
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The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.1 \% i m; q; F& d8 O# y
7 M4 z0 }, b6 _! p9 _$ P- iDr. 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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* C, n4 y9 z6 fThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.6 s$ Q- f- v$ @* j& ^" p* S
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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$ J G" Q6 N1 v"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.) ^. X s- |7 n! [
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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.
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5 W3 x6 V" B. U7 r6 x& b1 g1 dGardner 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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5 d( D2 K5 p8 j Z! b"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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. Q: W2 G0 o5 J: c0 z* cParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.$ b, }' n" j9 r/ B" z0 P% Y
$ u3 f( ~ M: w* z g" p0 K"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.+ L* O6 a7 N$ |3 T2 q4 C6 g
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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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# M' R J- M% h' XGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools." q3 @0 |4 e# k' X9 N% W; i
# @$ R) u/ ]* I: ^ [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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