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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps4 B# Y* C3 u" {2 K& v$ E
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM% s7 S$ K0 y* L3 K% h+ d
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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.4 p, f+ h7 I7 x0 N2 [& ?
( a) `; }2 y, uDr. 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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% Z9 l! ^9 }. U9 T$ |! {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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- L6 G+ C( y( g( ~7 I0 _+ fThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.
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$ _" d( U% l3 T \3 h9 t1 J* }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.' N. U0 V+ y. [2 E8 Z
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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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. {* d0 C. _7 b+ R; 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.
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0 {9 o, P' W$ l; X) u$ K" A8 ]"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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# a6 }( R- x/ h: p9 b; y5 }0 Q- q# n"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said., A5 Y$ M! e/ C, R j
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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.$ b/ W* h# p4 r9 y/ @6 d9 ^9 Y
1 @! ]$ l( ~# L* @3 l+ \! qGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.( B8 I" L7 p6 i8 h) C+ h
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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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