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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps" p5 d/ X2 j) @9 Y- ~) d# X1 h8 g8 E
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM o" X# p+ E! |! Z' Z# A
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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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3 L& U6 S/ O+ vDr. 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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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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. A& {5 L p, x3 q+ oThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps., W. C3 F/ {9 p! _+ M& g$ z
- v3 l) B1 U" E" S( [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.. y+ C1 P W, S3 m) V
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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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5 o3 ~9 E a3 j: jGardner 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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0 W( |0 c; `9 V G"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.; r$ R5 h/ A& L% ]: ]% y
! Z8 e2 x$ X2 A1 k1 N! hParents 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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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.: C# A- m! i8 u. C6 T
5 {8 A* H6 R; p# `Gardner 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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