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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps! }7 W9 Q3 `% }, r, r
, I" H: ? l+ C' b! C aUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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2 S$ y7 K# o7 }The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.5 Z+ A" `& k1 c2 F3 i' |
4 t& o3 F7 _) j6 fDr. 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.+ P1 M2 i) H3 x# Y
* z& U* {" E4 u, G- _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.+ h) O/ P+ R& Y& y
+ u; l/ B$ ^! WThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.; }, w" ]. B |
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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.5 c4 R8 z$ ]( @7 ?" k
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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.2 ?% e4 Q$ I6 k9 G
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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.
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- Z: `% N5 s3 I: f9 j! 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.
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Parents 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.- |7 {8 _, C% W: G3 t
: W3 Z+ H8 `1 ?- ~4 T7 EThose 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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$ W5 r/ f& k& VGardner 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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