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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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2 }- n3 Y% h6 H t- XThe 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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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.6 }' D9 _, R$ p5 }
) t2 [4 a* ]7 M" S% OThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.6 x, ~0 h; B8 c
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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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$ K( [! N" q0 H8 O7 m4 [+ e"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.. f9 ^" B/ I5 m+ D! q# }4 Z! l) m
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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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+ V$ |1 w& z; h0 NGardner 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.& H! v+ a; i6 }( R: E( I
2 c% E$ g# ?/ C% q# \2 T: |; eParents 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.5 u5 c. @9 @! u1 U( D
+ D' h4 D/ i1 N& k& r9 f, j$ h+ {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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