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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM8 O4 Z7 j3 I& i
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# R" I, w0 a+ {# }3 e: X0 j# RThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.7 f; F( t+ \+ U. 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.
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6 n& }. J1 p' R( zThe 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.! l7 @! n, m, l1 I6 F
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.+ b1 g4 y# K5 u' D6 ~) }9 Z, m
$ D- s* t. l E9 ^6 d5 m"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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6 _! y* y. \' e$ V& f4 ?6 h# gMost of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.$ C( F. Q3 A9 o6 L
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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.1 L7 [& ^# v0 N( k
1 e4 Y# `6 y: [2 Q5 h; \$ r"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.0 v! A7 X5 E$ U2 q& e6 d! u
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.4 b- l: n- x: v% T) b4 U
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.5 z" j) }1 V& P" C
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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.3 A& S: X6 K, k$ r0 f
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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.
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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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