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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps* p# k5 x3 X, B: H W2 l0 k
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM( ~9 u% h* H+ y2 B
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0 d5 F+ ]7 C4 V, m9 @+ E. wThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.( n# g0 f: n& s2 B4 Y; c
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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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3 b/ X4 j5 D5 t; jThe 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.
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.# a7 Z k7 K `- ~. \7 ^
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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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Most of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine., Z/ b8 H* z* f# v9 R6 C) F- o2 h) s
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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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# G: T# ^* f* y6 n- t"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.6 A7 |+ [* [6 K+ [. H3 @
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Parents 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.
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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.0 t* p1 ^3 V# K: T* z5 x; O
D7 ]+ r% X& {) ?, eHowever, 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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