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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps7 p2 @8 ?1 z- `' t9 ? I4 l0 |
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM$ G3 X9 \' q: Z+ \
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ctvtoronto.ca
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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.: G5 y$ C0 k* `% \ i* j1 ? p& _
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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.5 ]- z* @) G% r. Q9 S
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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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/ f& r* }4 P) v8 ?The number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps. n9 w) |7 b! |" s% D
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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.$ `; |5 v1 _6 M; c9 m7 e& r
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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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2 C! ^ l* }8 iGardner 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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) D' T1 R# n/ d" F"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.: v ]0 s) E E/ l; I9 a) U
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.4 ~ a' m2 d, J9 r8 C
+ i6 F5 }: ?9 ?, w& Q k"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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6 @/ C% ?- f& CThose 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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Gardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.( s" {# U) D0 P$ Z9 v5 ~3 Q; G/ @
: M) q+ n; I$ SHowever, 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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