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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps9 ]; C' Q6 N: o' v' E7 A0 U: m
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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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.
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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.$ F2 b% U( [" n' R8 m
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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.; Z* s M& k. p" V% e
9 Z% Z$ X& t; Q6 N8 fThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.* T- m) c- w0 T) F+ F% S8 Q
# N- A+ s) u$ }: R8 d: Z/ [; qThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.& Z0 {0 Z8 L! l6 y5 `% T
) l' _3 U2 P* Q"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.' D( D, s' A# N5 T# ?2 [, D, u
. H) r- B! F( ~- C6 C& j) 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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0 c I& W4 A9 k# P% A8 Y"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./ ]& F c1 b( ]
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.# n$ L& K7 |9 M- q" @/ ?$ i0 Q
0 M* @/ a' D/ d1 j5 g"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.% m* @+ T s4 g% ]) u1 n* g
( B# d4 r) g' q8 }% J% r p# b+ u$ wGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.) o! ?+ a. G5 y. ]
; c- Q6 V2 E3 a/ gHowever, 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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