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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps+ {9 Q3 m2 O1 s: p* s+ J. y
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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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- C! F. ]8 O! y4 T( L2 ` KDr. 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.3 p l) J" C4 z) X. S
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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.3 Q- M5 f4 B5 m1 t$ p& F& h
: ?4 v5 V- f% G0 {( U1 n1 ` uThe 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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& k4 l$ O1 ]8 g# A* o"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.
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, S7 p! p7 }* o& c! Z( @3 UGardner 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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7 Z" j) h p* ]2 b- R"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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7 G1 M- `. K5 d, |7 W" dParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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- }* |( y C& Q0 U- e"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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+ N; R2 Z) ?. @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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. `. Y$ F5 u6 nGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools., \2 Q' B+ o1 f; N
* [3 q9 l& {+ P9 U! O8 e' I7 q) ZHowever, 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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