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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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9 I7 {4 J" b. F4 p$ _+ L0 s/ @* HUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM" B X* g7 f) z" F5 m+ J
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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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Q9 U* j; }0 l0 w9 K' u- GDr. 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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# D: i9 b g2 h9 o% j) d- DThe 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.% `4 ]( @3 }3 x( D5 l
7 k$ T- P. C2 E- f3 LThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.
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1 S- U, _/ }3 l; @5 W7 q; bThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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; q8 H. _3 Q& P$ }; f7 [ ~"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.7 P( P, A- Q1 T3 B
) {1 ^6 i, _, E5 k2 R2 E7 r2 ZMost of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.; W! o0 m; k9 l# h
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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.6 `# v4 C9 G) j
1 G, X9 [1 z0 p7 ?( C9 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. n6 L4 ]' n2 l& k0 J/ @
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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- a; d- u* n% X, K: q& x" o3 p"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.! ~8 ?0 B( R e! g* N
+ D7 S% M6 X5 a+ Z8 _6 Q/ H! nThose 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., ^0 G2 X2 O9 P
, L) p4 f0 O7 g- ^9 xGardner 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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; w& k5 ~" ?" a4 M, J& b- }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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