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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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ctvtoronto.ca
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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.
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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.9 J e0 I7 Y |# i9 W2 D# s
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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 z4 G( g% E4 K1 h& zThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.' D! e v- A- X
. t2 q% y2 }; ]+ n4 T) S9 }( x. vThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.7 D5 }: I' p# [
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.( F/ v6 F" j/ b& D) i2 p
7 q+ T5 R2 K. p/ `4 j: p" SMost 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.! h% E# D5 p8 e- w) U/ 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.
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5 G& A: ~9 a+ G& \: A! @" M9 FParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.5 }& x* B6 r' o' ]( b0 S4 f) s' D4 W
; q: a1 ~6 n# @! p"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.; B4 I7 y( L2 A6 c9 S! B
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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.6 g m# Y3 }% } p
7 l7 E( p5 K5 w: _Gardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.# x9 F: p- K) {2 g. Q0 ~" U
6 |7 D/ B9 R, m4 OHowever, 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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