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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps) X Q, j5 [, T/ H
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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.
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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.9 X5 q) {3 N$ y: @& [) t
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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.# _8 c/ U- P5 C7 y7 y% B
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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.
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- V* h# l0 M$ J+ `The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.8 ^ ~7 e( x; b
6 y) ~& H0 f" n" g' k2 N7 _! S"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.6 ^: B7 ]8 `! `6 o3 k( a
8 A6 g+ L& T [, O0 Q6 EMost 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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& _- s# a4 l$ L1 G. RGardner 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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. J! G+ ^1 j; j- C2 t7 T"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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9 S- \2 M: g5 V# h1 E) uParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.' O, z/ H1 N: O0 c
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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.: S! D% P r: C: i
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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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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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