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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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( T* K0 Z2 R. a" CUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM0 f g _. h$ I5 I+ [. F& f! I3 E
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" P, j% M. \: b8 n0 ~The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.: |7 Z* Y' y3 B# }$ L- U* P
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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.2 z) k8 {8 R- W
0 i! d8 ?- M `. `8 EThe 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.: n* y7 u6 Z4 N' Y4 a
}( r, q$ m* t. q0 u* g5 HThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.
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2 \: u+ J; @7 b5 q m$ y. m/ A9 HThe 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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' y) R9 p6 S5 zMost of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.1 c+ ^1 t0 o1 @1 }& \
2 \3 j4 G) q9 u+ }7 g2 V% p1 _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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) d2 H7 n% D @; O( a"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.3 D+ X; U5 N% v$ K/ r3 ?! X* `3 r
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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1 L$ s. t+ G% `$ \' t"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.) O3 u8 J/ Y1 d8 z" r
: }; K" h7 E& @6 R6 `* yThose 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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: {6 U& c4 K& s+ h, @$ iGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.) \9 E5 G9 @2 \( `, M; _; y& I
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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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