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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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0 h g! n# y6 L8 s' a; A; j" SThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu., Y" W6 l, c4 j; V
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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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6 \: }- s2 W2 j. {& 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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/ B5 V* U" X" qThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.
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1 U) J) ]9 f( E: Q; R3 OThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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+ `( a! ]% M+ R5 s"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.- d4 Z8 U& A/ L7 T
3 U+ P. r/ K+ o. v4 ~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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( |7 x3 H8 A7 P, z: O% |) c: `& BGardner 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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"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.
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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# M% o6 y. K ^; sThose 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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( E `3 }$ a. YGardner 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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7 j( L: n' J) i# F7 d. [! S- KHowever, 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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