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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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Updated: 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.7 t3 u8 E& l7 P" r3 g, J' t* T* i
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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.' }1 Z0 A8 A7 T( U$ p. ^1 }2 R. M2 ?9 b
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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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# P. a# {$ `( k9 n; x6 i1 rThe 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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H2 h5 k5 B' Q"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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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.
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" {" J' j6 }3 ?; g7 U0 YGardner 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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7 M% x: {1 @. [1 w; w2 k"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.# s( |4 S3 ]& e5 v/ ?
0 J9 z) W% p$ |2 G6 ^+ C1 XParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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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.) X* V6 ^$ k8 L8 I
* c; g5 I6 x# A0 c* NGardner 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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3 v9 c2 M2 y# v9 S' J8 tHowever, 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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