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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' j4 }- `0 Y' F: o% W
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6 R }$ J* }9 o g a# v2 `: qThe 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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( x0 Q& C5 H2 |4 r" L4 xDr. 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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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.' v& v' c% b# o1 W( B% R3 b5 _
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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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5 O `& Z5 U8 y" U8 ~/ IThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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- N K6 \/ H/ b! ^( T1 {"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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6 p" r* c3 w2 c# x! C$ K6 qMost of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine., P2 C0 X A0 b) L) @: z
5 m: M$ k) u; `3 P! ], U4 iGardner 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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3 {: @ A& P& ?, `5 @3 t"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.# [% i7 }' @0 @( e% A, [3 i. i
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.. @! S% s8 ^" y" h* i4 p2 V; u1 T, M
. `1 p }+ K9 N2 I"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.- j: L( L! F I( K: T$ {$ ?4 `( X
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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.* s0 Y6 K7 a$ Y. d" P
; }. O; ?7 \$ rHowever, 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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