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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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: h; o2 w& _; X ^Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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5 P) T6 e7 e: Z2 s1 X5 X* e( RThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.6 e/ Y4 S# i1 y/ B: P
/ ?- J9 Q# _1 p; TDr. 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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( U, A1 A$ R4 ^- @5 j) @8 nThe 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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5 b. K0 j3 B' F1 e2 r+ S3 bThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.6 u+ \. j) W) E0 E( ?( G) b
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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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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said. }7 d* v. [8 y5 x+ m: F
9 u4 z' w$ J$ Y; N& \- l9 XMost 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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4 Q4 h/ _$ H7 q; S) O$ x4 ~( iGardner 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.! F: `1 z" o: x" G1 L3 P
( M2 z5 U5 U* s- V7 @"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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0 P2 _: X# i9 ^Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said. M8 M$ |3 l. P# d4 c7 X, o
1 ^8 ?) s& g; |4 f2 N"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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, [# M" N) F; _0 x/ qThose 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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8 F# i) z- n. Z9 ~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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( ]" g) d& Q W! s& X' SHowever, 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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