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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps# h% U7 A7 T" X; g! _6 V' e
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM1 d3 p$ N0 d, g2 V3 d/ S8 t N
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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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2 X D0 [% l" v% L* rDr. 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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1 @; [0 R0 l2 `5 C( hThe 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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0 A( t( d* {, c- B4 m/ G3 i; e# FThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.( f2 u- R8 }9 p
4 o" P6 \" \4 ]6 j+ H. I8 nMost of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.2 d' ]9 |! L( z1 |* S
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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.- ^' }# E `$ W, ^( u6 h( v% 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.3 R5 b" }. r; R$ ?' Y+ D9 e
+ a; Z& X+ l6 c6 AParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.; B+ z1 K. Q+ R$ y( n! i! B3 H
4 S+ T, V3 @& `! v"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said., i- t5 M9 d" m8 S5 Q, Z* c
" h# g% c t6 ~: E, ZThose 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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0 s, i, n" i. X! K7 k. t6 Y# k. GGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.
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+ Q* C$ K. z0 v# \; ]6 b V8 GHowever, 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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