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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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7 _( b: G" M3 r0 H; a6 ZUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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0 g* U$ N# l2 c2 Pctvtoronto.ca$ {! h H2 v0 S9 A; S: M4 _
3 d" F4 U9 @/ Y% e* cThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.2 @8 m' l. M& i/ p7 l P! ~. b
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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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4 C7 u; {% [* W) p# 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.
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1 Y5 d* h+ |. _7 EThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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. h2 j* @- e* i, l8 d"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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0 N' Y: m9 `2 R6 _. o% {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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. V+ y. U0 W0 q( ~2 J" HGardner 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.7 z$ _7 E' \( E+ F, h
" a8 S5 d& s, C9 V2 h/ @"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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; \! T) f6 w8 s5 P! H+ p# {1 o4 {3 lParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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! u# ]: t& Q) ^) q$ Q/ E; o4 q- c"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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8 n& i/ V) o1 B, L2 F) I1 a, k' kThose 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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. ]9 O; ^+ \! h) ~9 c- m% W+ ^2 WGardner 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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