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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps, x; {4 H1 J7 h6 T: M4 C
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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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.0 i+ D# n- \2 Y, v
$ T, l! J0 c$ N2 jDr. 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 y' a: N3 G- Q3 @
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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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3 t0 T6 b+ ^: L6 u! @$ D0 q7 PThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.4 J- t( k' H$ k4 V6 \$ `
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.& i% m2 C# s8 H/ E2 }& W1 \$ }
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said./ r8 U; o7 S6 m
7 d Q3 I: @ z# l m. xMost of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.* M3 {- T+ I5 J' a
5 e* ^+ m1 p& i7 y: M! G0 fGardner 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.; v2 r8 C4 @" q* d0 ?1 h) j
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.! t. U) t5 i, e4 u- B
7 {5 S# _2 o- f7 O. q% c# y9 OThose 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.1 \9 P d4 l6 N4 a3 o
0 s6 x% W# L2 j3 C( rGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.. a! n. P0 M% \7 u4 m! c
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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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