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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps, W) p* o+ H8 ^- e, `9 y' Z
" e! I1 {/ ~, w; \, G3 e; ?8 uUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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ctvtoronto.ca; y0 r* e8 B) s5 g
2 p' V# ]3 k6 u) jThe 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.
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The number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.# d2 A2 s1 B8 r0 P$ O8 w
T6 h: Z- D/ C( hThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.8 _" }' p3 Y1 v# w) t9 k" m( v
1 M' B9 U& k- w+ I4 i+ j' }/ p"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.( I h# G( e3 e
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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.5 [! M0 G& ~/ k6 Z7 C0 h
% N) I, @3 X/ A/ {8 J; I1 YGardner 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., Z( R- e; V3 L7 O0 V/ q
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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.: P/ J4 A5 Z( o/ L+ P
# V6 b( [' A$ D: N7 {0 HParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.* I0 f4 ~) A! [1 [( D5 w, _$ |3 T, r
( r0 y$ v) l! h) u H7 L; D"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.. j3 u L% v, Q% _* ]0 I3 i
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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.) _( Q. M+ F' ?3 ~
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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./ b- R! x2 _; d8 b+ Y& b% V3 o
+ z( l0 ]- m; B# j( RHowever, 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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