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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps0 L: _* [% j* r5 J
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM& |( n. q4 T$ b/ u# m
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0 B5 z @- \/ j0 L5 |8 T3 YThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu." z: ]+ E3 D3 K: c, N
0 {1 ~# w$ e; o' J0 {" \* B3 I) fDr. 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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) ^5 {, n# F$ h' Q( @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.9 {3 l$ p. M* i
6 x1 a4 y8 {( e' ~) H- {The number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.( d; ?. a; ?" [/ w* H5 w
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.3 ^- n% x5 H- Y* c
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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.
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3 c' \6 E! V2 C3 QGardner 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.5 q Q# B0 N b) d& ?4 W& Y
' k; [# q" i5 o- K3 O! ~" Z"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." {* H5 f. N6 p! M$ G" @
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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.0 `8 U& g! ^7 _! s4 B. ?% k
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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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