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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps4 c: x* n- V' Q; c: X; i
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM' ?+ A9 R& J# J9 ]) p# u x _& N
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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." t' K/ f9 S$ S7 H* a$ Z, l+ o+ r
4 X% L6 s" v$ O5 \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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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.
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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.
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0 @! }( z z8 x4 }# f"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.6 _# @. i9 z) |/ c' [" ^
2 q5 |. o) e6 o! b: l3 UMost 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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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.
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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1 C U1 G, P* |/ h+ R6 h! y5 f"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.2 v. r- k% |4 B
) c4 Z& ~& q. \) S& _9 |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.( Q& _3 A7 C+ G+ W- y' _
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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.& a1 U+ Q+ R6 b, f0 y$ @
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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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