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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps+ F1 p, D( f6 s6 L, F
8 H9 b8 D3 X( i/ x: uUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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ctvtoronto.ca
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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.
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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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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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' W# l! g+ X' D) o8 k- I" WThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.1 }' g8 D+ @/ n
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.' ` s5 H" F) s- B5 g
+ g3 J, g& s1 W5 QMost of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine., T# o0 ], ~* [, e9 O
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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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"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.' [) l2 `/ f* S. W. B' w R
3 z4 u# Z* B/ M$ QParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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& M" Q5 [4 _+ N; s0 i: ? g, A"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.8 d; e0 R# x( T
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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.% G1 o$ P; _/ u/ l A
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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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