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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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+ i" a# u$ E1 c0 P/ t4 OUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM, e& P+ l( R8 G) m/ W; w- x+ F1 ^ m, l
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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.6 O! g; v, M, u
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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." r5 a0 b1 L: a3 h; \+ N! x
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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./ o5 G/ D2 q2 G e3 _& |
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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.- {: b3 N1 E! ^" ?+ S6 M
6 a: C* l9 ~& o* G9 tThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.* g3 I' e0 n0 W( }& D
, I5 a# }7 i, J o"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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8 V) G, j" a L8 tMost of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.) z/ i& d, [+ a3 Y1 S! J
. M2 P5 W Z+ i/ \# jGardner 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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$ h* v5 \) v- r"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.
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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) w6 L! a7 G8 C2 sThose 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., J$ o; r$ Z% n- v Z6 _4 d7 W4 h
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Gardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.% v- D/ c' F! L
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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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