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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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' O2 N* h9 Y1 R7 b% B0 IUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM1 I( W8 g; R: g) \ `0 T$ ]4 b- g7 m
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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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# y5 f1 m4 ]. Z# W8 W+ ]4 WDr. 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.3 R, R- {4 m$ P0 I- z9 l
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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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% J( ]( Z* j0 `2 R) V5 bThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.4 m9 T" S# _0 s5 n& O& ?( r- s
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.+ F& ^- U/ e- y* x1 G
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.* W# Y* `! y* k
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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.# x/ M5 l0 g' {# @2 P6 ]5 p
5 I2 Y. Y9 ]* gGardner 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, V% I& g$ M
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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.$ u/ F1 ?, s M
$ l/ T) x# _9 Y$ d) ~1 W"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.7 ]# v% l+ m1 R: p! {. G5 f
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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.
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4 r0 U$ t# I) K( g, l" Z8 a9 F3 OGardner 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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