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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps$ A$ O6 p# x' ~+ v! |
" r$ ^$ k: Q0 {0 Q3 X. JUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM1 ]8 v4 C- z2 w0 V/ H3 g& w
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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.7 H/ P+ w" w2 F( D) i
: ]: C2 Y7 ?6 p! zDr. 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.7 ]3 K# O( B! b4 G- z# p
+ z0 c; p1 M+ Y8 \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.2 Z3 S8 f7 _& T& F6 i0 d
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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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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said., v/ ^9 t+ m: a3 ]$ ?* h6 H1 s; \ e
3 \& c& M2 U& `* |"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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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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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.+ a" _% Q$ w" z4 ], }1 K$ f( [
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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.5 X1 o6 Q# T) P! H, C/ o
O: \, v1 `# U6 |7 p"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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5 ?, U7 R' E t, z8 fThose 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.7 s' x. y+ I Q+ g- U' W6 h; Z
/ ]( O! n! o. r1 ?; s9 o7 ]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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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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