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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM6 y6 G# Y3 L* i2 _# _3 n8 A: r
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, w% u r! c) r1 q8 Z" a8 AThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.5 H5 k6 P i/ v
) k6 L* L6 P% z5 eDr. 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.! w7 e' g6 ~* d4 C; @$ ]+ R& p. N
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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.) R: E* E5 g9 Y. J; [# J) _
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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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+ x7 N2 @+ Z; K1 h9 UThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.+ H8 H e3 U. A
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.. h% U8 K1 ^3 u4 s4 S' G% g
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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! r% I0 M* [/ q; y
% a& U3 r; j8 }0 `8 LGardner 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.4 k* k! n" z+ N/ Z
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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.! t. u. K m. M
0 i8 h, Q/ W) GThose 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.
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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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