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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps, ^ J; F0 |0 d) r9 [
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM$ p3 c$ y% ~' @! u+ u, i; Z% J2 D
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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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6 S' r2 P& z* U+ H% dThe 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.2 e8 P4 U# \7 t, y
! C3 M3 w4 u1 C7 g$ n. OThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.2 Y' { p" A' c
x" K1 ?- A: A- X) }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.1 m+ T+ t1 _9 r2 }
m @+ A" ^' dMost 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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" i$ Q- ~; R% ^* @- X% P2 o: o+ XGardner 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.+ W6 T l- x% P
2 a" y, L+ d0 `7 A7 P"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.5 {/ Z' \! z$ c4 n t) k
8 Y* x6 m4 h1 T7 A) Z9 e: ]"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said. a9 @' I8 B2 K
4 V+ Q0 b0 P9 ~ b# }! a; `2 }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.
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* M- L: g ^5 n/ i% ~Gardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.8 Z6 `1 G+ m5 a6 J3 W, w
0 x* ~( O% ~( w! I% ^) ZHowever, 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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