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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps3 U1 ^0 o1 T N9 }/ k5 D
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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ctvtoronto.ca; l1 u/ \; v2 W9 u4 Q
: n/ P9 p$ o' j' t- v) @ L+ DThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.7 e3 ?. t2 V! s- A+ H P
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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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& Z" H+ I: j c/ _/ K9 [8 uThe 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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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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6 i& ]3 X: B1 a( ]) L: QThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.8 n/ E) o7 U6 L
. @; {9 D7 z/ e" @, d& T4 P"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.9 j3 ^6 x; b/ y7 g% ?2 }
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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.- l# R% G, H: _+ F
# [% W) G; i0 L"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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; w d6 v1 o$ T6 `& g# K) U! W8 ?& vParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.5 v, E! c( j, h* U
9 \5 L0 g+ ^4 }/ l# L/ |5 u) s4 t# v"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.5 \' X* u1 y2 k0 s
9 M- H8 B$ ^: F: |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.0 ~, E! y3 L" D3 {# A4 _
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Gardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.% E4 n% w- N4 G7 ^( M* t/ b; F1 j9 O
& E' b6 j; ^1 ^0 ^$ M' V7 C. l: KHowever, 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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