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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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% }( ^0 |* F% J* |9 A0 nUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM9 y, I$ ]2 d% T ?" g( [
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ctvtoronto.ca
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& I R: m3 g! b+ t- zThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.% h6 `) b/ X" }
& C1 n+ m# k# d$ a, kDr. 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.! {0 U5 z6 T' w* @/ @. p/ ~
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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.1 j* E# ^9 d$ O; ^: \
7 E, J5 y3 Y/ v" [& X% F. c! J+ lThe 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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K5 p7 X' Z" v3 Z# @# Y"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.2 u- F7 T4 n, l6 p# W/ 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.
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; `0 v O) ^, D0 n" {"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.
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3 f8 X2 R+ w$ d. x"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.. f+ ^- M3 ^, h" {$ _" I# a: N' i
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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.8 ?. t6 u0 x; l* o* s8 I/ s5 }& x
F }+ B+ \" MGardner 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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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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