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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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. v. L# U4 |& ]/ Z( K% X) gUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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ctvtoronto.ca
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9 A5 g# L1 O3 D0 z$ cThe 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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% }/ U" i! E# BDr. 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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0 [0 O/ o4 j9 v. q, ]. Z' xThe 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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. H4 V, E- l2 I0 B+ A; J+ tThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.
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( J9 f+ U& C5 `8 J1 n2 G2 T& s- AThe 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.& W8 |' |' k+ C
O& S6 I: Z X0 x' PMost 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 B$ a% G- H) W2 E6 [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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, D7 D& m1 P3 e$ q2 r- M' C3 {"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.) B+ R. f, y; B
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.# M( M! w( n; b7 y+ h
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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.' O. B: T& v& ~5 k+ Y9 Y5 q
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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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