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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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+ {5 M( R7 j ~, ]" k! EUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM* l D6 B. k' @% C; Q
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3 n. ^! U5 e+ e1 h& ]The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu., V4 _3 g M* _* |
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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.) t0 M3 r5 P6 q; @8 T# [
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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.( B5 c+ r, `2 E, g1 c) x
$ x9 Z& D2 j! G* r# D2 U+ W; | dThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.# A1 f$ _, {) C$ ~+ W; C5 v
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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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7 [ K! G* s' r h2 n- h3 K7 \"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.& T" S/ Q9 F1 a& c+ f: f- m
+ w8 v- V8 O2 L2 r8 i+ E! J; e: kMost 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.- j# b8 c/ i9 d
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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.
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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: u+ @/ u. {/ n/ EThose 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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1 U b! C$ g4 N7 K. tGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools." P& k) X4 d/ _6 |3 m/ C
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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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