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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" a2 P7 L# ]9 D, Y$ a& ~
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5 w# c' |! i; [: E# r: AThe 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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" s g# r5 j/ P. QDr. 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.
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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.& C4 }# W" e1 u/ U7 e3 R
+ N1 {% n/ y' a% m5 v2 z) X9 B; o# cThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.: c$ \! O/ O7 q: M/ Y, g% J" `
6 w& a, ]! r5 \+ }" v6 j$ \+ O1 U"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.; h. [. e) _, ^8 K2 ?6 a, x3 \
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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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9 }( T8 l1 }4 I5 JGardner 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.6 q4 Q7 o8 ]) h
1 F' L+ }9 ^+ O! m"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.: P3 j" X, j( Q3 z2 p
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.4 F& v( I5 o4 ]& K' Q
9 U6 H- D$ w( I# E4 w3 r8 `"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.1 L( c! r; A( r8 t, d
5 O: P% @6 o- r' ^0 B0 c* K, tThose 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.: [2 l& l* S* i7 E6 v' r9 v2 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.
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/ G' ~- a* Z1 h! q) ~0 J8 HHowever, 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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