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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps0 \$ N# N7 U4 ?* c0 V
" S4 ~* \3 R7 |6 h! t9 uUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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9 p/ j( b/ \/ G7 D9 VThe 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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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.
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. D1 n) T0 {7 [! ]0 [% ?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.5 a p. E' U+ o3 @3 U B
w1 q. [ v- d1 Z- CThe 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.( n+ h; e/ e* u) k% V' C: g
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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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.* w1 M5 d5 T/ O) B. P
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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.; E; q7 u) w& K6 @# g
; \ q9 ]7 r# P"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.
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' G% d5 o1 E4 n+ o: [% Y' a# S"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.' Y! G: N2 h& N+ k0 E1 A
5 _4 ~) a' l9 G8 O* {" DThose 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.5 E: C. b0 h$ c: Y& X2 _: H
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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.
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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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