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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps h5 l2 A* t. ]
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM% d- H3 c; x$ D9 X
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3 t! q2 M& F( W' [9 Q1 E+ nThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.' d/ R$ N, ` ?8 X/ U2 h$ Z
( ?7 `) y9 b2 {6 u, W, `$ J+ QDr. 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.6 R5 J* y, U5 k, v6 H+ ?" u! x+ q
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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.6 \- H: N* K+ B( I6 F
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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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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.8 r2 N" ^) T) n1 Q3 O
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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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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.( I9 H8 ?1 z5 z" t- Y V
& a0 u: Y5 m4 U* ]' l, 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.
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said., E! K! N" N+ M6 Q
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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; n2 ^3 G0 _: |. g* AThose 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.: k+ Y7 Q- \% M2 I) m
1 F' X$ s/ T3 fGardner 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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+ a. N8 B/ I6 H+ |- Z6 K+ v1 wHowever, 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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