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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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! B9 G8 G7 Y: {" j4 YUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM; M! X# y# N+ a5 H4 o) M# B7 A9 Y
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7 H$ z7 |- X! c7 r# H JThe 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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$ V3 l# W" K7 u j7 T! _) QDr. 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.- S: u& x* a% e9 B: N4 y! J
% F) \9 f$ X% q1 hThe 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.# I: X4 N( I) b5 }- c3 D$ C- t2 n
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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.5 E4 w* c$ I. w
{1 Y% C/ Z& ?7 d' V$ XThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.3 j+ Y* ]. k E! o6 F- x- U. p( Y
/ U( U( h$ O. x"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.! ~" I! T) [! ~8 B: J5 w3 k, }, H
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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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/ \3 E; \. n( @' A! v1 o4 }- a o! SGardner 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.) {6 X, e. \0 D8 Z4 ?
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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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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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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.% z, `4 s3 Z; @+ E1 T
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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.
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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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