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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps) p1 u, a0 j, h* L% y2 M$ D+ V
" i8 H+ H o& Y- D3 OUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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, w* E: b: I. V& x, G6 x. d8 [* MThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.- K* G2 ~1 v- r( Y; B) B
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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.6 N# ^8 X& b: T2 W; ]8 Z
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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.. f0 R% q# a& d( U' N
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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# a! ^4 s+ {: w! p"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.# j" [' B* q+ r( @
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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.2 V! X7 I: \! P6 o, S$ i
@5 E) w* K* P$ \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.6 H' N0 q+ c0 I; V
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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.
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.4 S2 `1 T7 t- C, W0 @) ^/ _6 M
3 T( D( e; V1 S9 v1 z- @"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.! o! n9 V/ k+ n$ p1 Y0 X# {
+ ~/ U# `0 `/ U! ^" ]' FThose 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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, ?& @3 z H0 \5 T) yGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.+ U$ ]7 C9 f( B: O0 K9 U
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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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