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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps0 a1 \3 C4 a! f" m/ y. L
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM0 H4 D `. t, X
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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.1 S$ H8 T$ X+ h, w
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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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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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3 B' K5 K+ G5 E" M6 a0 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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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.8 Y, j4 c. }6 {
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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.0 }7 c- n/ H5 J9 t2 m0 U
1 h5 g$ Q% ~5 FGardner 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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5 Z- b2 G3 y) n% L+ D) M! h" N# Z"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.6 z6 |3 c N+ C+ _2 ]
4 {/ k$ J6 g4 a2 D5 k" r" Y"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.
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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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