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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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* t T0 e( Z5 |( {9 H* Q: IUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM9 V. U' J2 R' Q; j: H. R: [
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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.4 Q+ q* D( P0 P6 ]0 c( {7 y( C
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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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The 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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* S7 `, H/ N7 W' G0 lMost 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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4 R& V3 i4 o( y; PGardner 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.
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.3 r8 U" `5 m5 x1 v
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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.0 w! ]. ]2 j2 X7 p
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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.% o2 _4 A, w) S5 g
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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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