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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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5 b: W1 ?1 p+ N w7 } {) lUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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( c. \9 V1 T8 Y! @+ b) c/ w) V8 [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.
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b# r, H$ r$ {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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1 |0 v9 Z. F" `4 _9 A7 O' k W- Q0 \The number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps./ E) }. Y/ ], B& t: j' H
7 J: N- m; r- r1 |( _* f6 z6 kThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.; t" Q+ I" H" d: Y2 z
' x0 C) M) N) a2 ?9 H"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.$ N# E% h5 k! \
$ r; D4 A3 v* A: d7 O8 S5 GMost 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.* n# ~4 E* @6 b& E% H. z1 y+ B9 R
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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.8 k; g9 q0 Q; \7 y
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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.! X$ r6 e: j( c- ^6 Z. d
6 c$ E& p$ X7 F, p" N; m0 a; _Gardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.9 Y" E* a$ ^/ ]+ J; p
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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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