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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps/ i: A* k- y' t( v' |$ P, ^* w
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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0 |/ ?+ c; n' d0 ectvtoronto.ca$ a8 s* p) W) ` i; v- r: Z ~
% N! Z) z# F: l' JThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.3 n$ Q5 S* L: R+ _7 ]
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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.& N8 x3 ^4 _: s1 U
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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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, [/ K" n0 p7 B) uThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps., F( q6 \; G1 j c* a
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.% j: ?/ v: q* ^5 H: K ]& {$ ~4 C
/ R" x5 d) y/ B/ C- S; R" i"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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1 l* g3 W, Y8 U. |Most of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.) ^, H9 o$ _5 }. Q" q; F
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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.
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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.' Z. W6 g, y8 @
# z/ J6 E, P- g6 E- e& }# U"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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3 {( w w0 x0 p% v" ~' ~: XThose 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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7 P, d; O; L7 H) L7 mGardner 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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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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