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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
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1 _' m' r7 A7 T, dctvtoronto.ca
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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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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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* t' f& m& W; L% z( j IThe 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.7 `4 P: `% I5 f; c7 b
; {. `) O$ \0 i6 }4 ]4 uThe 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.
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+ P7 l7 [) ^& z7 C0 Z- b7 xMost of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.* F' u, l2 \; e) L; u
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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.9 g8 n+ }1 R+ r1 ]& t! I$ s# I7 w
! T% W x+ U& Z6 N"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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& G( ?6 b3 k+ G0 g( j4 XParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.9 h+ O! Z/ Q( o% W
' y3 ^$ W$ k+ L"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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+ u/ j- \$ V$ S. l5 {: Y) |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.( R0 R& t$ K8 a3 k
0 I, @; r0 M- {; H5 h! n" jGardner 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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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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