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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps6 H* r) Z7 y" M0 b5 f1 B1 |( a
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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ctvtoronto.ca
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# m5 y# a3 T" h; K' XThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.: D' _" e: _( K2 b7 v( Z
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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.: ]% T7 u+ v% e9 {
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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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# x* K0 r! ?& a7 lThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.: M7 A8 Q, \, U$ E
- a2 z, h* ^% X" A, dThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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, c+ K2 x3 t, a( l"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.+ N; ?+ s) F$ l8 i5 _# R9 E
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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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"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.2 i% T) ~9 ^6 }; X) l" `" |
4 T4 m3 j+ ]; h$ [( NParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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, c& y T- f$ D6 v" {# a- C"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.( o4 f. o3 Q7 U! n" n3 K
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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.7 c/ h) w9 m/ _4 e" G" J& x
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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.( \& H9 @' [9 r8 Z$ b7 G8 j
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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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