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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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" V) b/ c" o# BUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM9 G; a3 w3 h, N' C* w& e
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" `7 I, G7 j% p3 N! v( AThe 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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! R U" N1 W3 FDr. 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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, W4 O- H$ I6 b! @4 |9 D0 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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- f) x; r1 |$ l) \The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.% }: u. O( Z5 B5 n6 z
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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.5 o7 D) ~* r9 e- k7 d; X
: |0 l+ n& I1 v; Z' AGardner 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.4 S1 r! N7 F' j! e* t! ^, S' K' E
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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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A3 _- y' B. H. o+ |9 cParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.& z9 ?- v. S/ F) \1 d
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said." [; h' K1 o" v& q1 x& n
6 p$ S$ Q" k( c* q2 K3 yThose 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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/ i/ B& [6 _; j7 l2 e. \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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