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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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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.! a4 N7 V+ f; e& ^# B1 E1 o5 z
2 P% f& v' M" E C7 X# C8 dDr. 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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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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The number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.3 D* E! m d9 l+ c) V8 \
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said., P3 V" ]: A" W$ |
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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.
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7 h) S& M' c6 y& q* S% oGardner 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.' t4 q9 m# `( u
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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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* g) e5 t' j% d5 x' ?) K+ s# rParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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4 R# ^ b3 `, j" F$ C$ x5 f"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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Those 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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. q+ S8 o! \ E; `Gardner 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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. D; m; {, l; [6 uHowever, 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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