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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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) J2 `% i( W/ S2 c. ?0 c! x4 ]Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM, n3 D( O r1 d4 y; h3 A' P
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1 ]9 A2 q% D2 D& IThe 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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) i% E( `6 j5 ]4 F9 V* QDr. 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.; }, z. G! j0 ^9 j! k2 X
- Q: K# K2 y2 F# Q- EThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.' H, g, U7 c! C
/ [) V/ G# J. d/ l6 b6 nThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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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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7 i* S" D6 s% v: N3 AMost 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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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.. [9 L' v* H8 O' a- y& d) t0 n) y
9 x5 G( d y! u+ B/ N8 O2 nParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.+ U6 @" v6 T5 Q# Z/ _. S. N9 R1 ~- O
1 D& |! h* w& B/ g9 Q8 e"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.' ]# s k- Z. X. O0 ^
1 d! V- L6 G6 F) p& W3 m7 SThose 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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4 h! I. j! b; n" W @* [' T+ v: OGardner 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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; x* J& \; ^" X5 DHowever, 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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