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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps) D* \& |3 E8 W3 V0 ]9 L: e$ g
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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.: [: N3 A, a/ F! e! Y: D* o2 }. \
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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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0 n/ S9 `2 W, {! l. U4 |, v& WThe 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.8 W: W9 _8 a( B$ |3 N: F( T, q
8 g" V4 j# t' k" i0 g" xThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.9 r9 n) x! u& g* [; ?
% f; o% c! N# ` h% N8 y9 U+ d/ qThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.- T2 i! r/ X$ [1 A4 A' A
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"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.3 j6 x* w, g4 A; i# L
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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.! A4 E3 q3 ~/ N/ j0 {
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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.3 c/ t- D g3 f3 }
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.1 A* S! |2 V3 T, p8 C- f3 D) @
2 i3 K0 Q9 m1 q* Q"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.6 R! ~/ r6 @) x0 h* g" g
- o6 E& Q; g8 {: b1 ^4 w% JThose 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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! A! L. a& o0 K/ e) Q+ f; `Gardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.$ b" U" j9 |% F* l
; r# S5 x3 l) {4 G; w2 r% NHowever, 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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