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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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# c0 h5 y* u9 R; F' hUpdated: 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.
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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.
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$ P( G4 j+ P: \) KThe 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.; q7 ~6 J$ r* Z; c
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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 z3 r( X0 {% \
. i4 g7 E4 t& HThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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% K2 G+ ~6 ^. f" s; S9 T# m"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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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.2 @; l) e+ ?# E5 I, T5 S
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.: v2 Z' L9 i) ^4 E
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said. i3 m) q' T4 H" D& d& K
( x# ^7 Y9 X8 Q- m# DThose 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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2 \2 [/ D4 e$ W: v7 B4 CGardner 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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# P ^: [1 V& V5 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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