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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps1 [% Y- s, _$ P( a' A4 r
5 u: d: [' ~7 |0 p. ZUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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5 {# T4 ?; k: ZThe 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.6 U' F7 i* V0 f# a. p+ j5 C
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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.9 K7 L+ }" w( b- y1 T) @; E6 G2 L, s
' f M( P& b1 n% AThe 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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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.' w2 P8 b; l- u# k
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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.3 \7 d; t# G, T% u7 n
5 F0 s8 l, g9 R: T5 d. u2 K1 h9 WGardner 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.2 M- E/ s/ x' s( i$ l8 L
% Y* u5 y" 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.5 i! C# i% T; X" ], N# C1 C, a
, u6 t3 x; _# |9 E: wParents 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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7 |) o J/ r# {* {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.: w. C8 G* _1 [; a
3 U2 U) ?# W; v1 R5 ~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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) r& G# `+ B6 W& 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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