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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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6 d) h0 c3 t% g: Z- Z+ P' L7 _7 wThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.5 `4 O9 D6 q# ~
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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.4 a) G/ o3 l3 p$ @/ V/ D
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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.- F \3 N* L9 ?! [7 B) W
$ A# l7 m9 _6 z/ b2 N2 z! }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.
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.1 @% G% A# l8 q0 w
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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.
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# E' A1 X; X0 |; c"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.5 r) n1 r% q3 K$ ^; l/ R7 w
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.1 D1 L# P6 G; T" U( h3 Q2 Z
: {, J+ R& i. T Q"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.( c. I8 Q4 ~0 j2 p# P' b
. P3 @( X ^( a4 b. f; mThose 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.) c ]# a+ H: k$ \
2 I6 \: @& }& s% c+ T1 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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' Y. E& l M. U; C/ p" Q' Z; \ xHowever, 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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