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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps- g/ o% }& Y& Z) a1 v7 a! ]# s0 ^
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM. A8 z: D) H9 r" H0 o
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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.( J# @2 D/ S' W c2 T1 f' I5 }
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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.4 g+ W- Y/ I8 l+ q5 d3 A
" u+ L( i9 c" K1 a8 QThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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% m5 [2 A6 L/ H) b! {. w"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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4 Q- b3 t! r4 P- N" F" {Most of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.1 q6 s. f/ c$ ]6 L! U( P2 M
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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.3 r3 W' r$ ]& H6 |. o$ v$ R
5 g5 z$ S" \, A1 |( `' `"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.# q o9 e5 B3 W- _/ O* D7 F
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.* x B$ I& F: s' X1 a: u) [, R
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.; @: f" {) y5 `1 Y: N/ Y8 I4 o1 P; }
7 k1 w2 P; b3 Q& q/ w9 S) l @, f% `7 rThose 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.- B6 a: y% Z" t
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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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