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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps+ V9 ~3 d& T+ a7 L$ u3 s. X
B, {5 s" \( a# B4 U3 X4 Z2 j. j1 BUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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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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2 \. |9 Z: e/ o+ ODr. 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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( d- ]! K# s. W+ g$ m9 L- l3 xThe 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.5 [! l$ A' D `/ n5 d
: {$ Y0 L5 q. k" \: ^5 x9 b: a" OThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said. ]# R4 c3 H# B- k
8 s3 K! ]3 \3 p- E"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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8 |) x$ ~- S" Y7 V. `+ v6 ~Most of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.: r9 g' o9 }! C: {& ^
1 H) E. [! F) ?, v9 [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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"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.9 e/ [! I8 `+ V1 O0 y/ E
; |4 v+ D0 ?0 d0 m9 i6 j5 ?Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.9 u, @' e: n' l9 z! Q) u0 ]
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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0 g' W3 g# l \* M0 S/ @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.$ D) z" u/ {2 n ~& V, o2 K; z0 T
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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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