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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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ctvtoronto.ca
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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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0 X: x; c% p7 z7 o" K2 ]) a7 [3 [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.4 t- l: r! Q) E5 c
# N6 N, ^, M1 D) P/ BThe 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.# O/ N4 S b/ }8 x. _
! [; z& U" ?4 k( B# Y+ mThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.
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: [" A& G! m3 ]- I6 cThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.$ y( g# b: J$ R- g6 S. ?% j
" E" \8 G8 `9 y- G+ X5 v2 z; r"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.
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- R6 X1 g$ c0 u. xGardner 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.1 ~1 N8 i+ T# `) E" F0 u
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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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+ Y' i: I4 k9 U1 w0 aParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.# T; | Q2 Y) g, u* \; n c
0 q: D* ~+ J d4 `"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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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.
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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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+ D8 L( F$ e- b0 x- x% E8 b" IHowever, 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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