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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps6 Q8 ^' r, |; |- E& Y z/ R. T
( A% G; i( z& C( mUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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% a, u6 _( h- |; l1 F Q8 I8 SThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.* s6 Z: F$ X! H% K6 D! ~
4 q* r3 j5 R% ^: M3 g, \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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4 v0 G" [0 J+ H6 I& N! [4 \"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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. A% \* b4 r7 I. P0 Y2 LMost of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.* X7 d: p( N: E2 v* ^0 e
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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.% x. } d0 C; `: O/ R+ ^
( G0 N3 i; _$ }"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.0 }! m# P* a+ ^ I
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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+ d8 ^3 d& f4 k1 I, B"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.9 | G, f# _4 N, O' W+ _
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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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/ R* {9 X5 y- bGardner 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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9 B& Y- e3 Z0 l( f5 J( S8 JHowever, 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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