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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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( B% V- u+ l1 O* P5 o; iUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM2 O) B( C3 T0 U0 t9 w: N
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2 r: G# D5 P" MThe 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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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.% i" t( w" u2 n3 `% d! y; d
m/ F( u J% V7 j2 h/ aThe 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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- N! |# T# {4 L* T( O( [The number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.
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' @/ i# }& m8 w2 ?( g% ?' [ pThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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I" r' x( T! \; H3 d"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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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.( Y) Y8 [2 H, J; B4 \9 {8 A
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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./ N9 F9 `9 m8 C! P e# b2 S
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.& q( N* ~! o0 M8 ]8 {+ f& h
7 Q) R4 @9 W2 f. V# H" b"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.) @& J* O# H) n" a
8 v. P' U; @; ?9 U, hThose 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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, p' j1 @. C5 }# c4 d# B: y( EGardner 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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. x" w/ N& Y. x$ aHowever, 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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