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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps) I5 t: |) S+ e( J
. B; a- o& ^9 IUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM: [6 W" L0 \) w' g
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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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. ?# `4 s; z, A+ b! eDr. 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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; ^9 u+ h$ _/ v: T5 f/ |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.
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.; |( l& Z' U" h8 N+ k: [$ {1 X
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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0 i! A) F% v. u$ N+ A9 KMost 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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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.# V: ?# E/ P1 B' ]$ g
/ J% l) `! x& p0 i A"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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! f* x, R. f; G$ g; ~4 aParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.+ S7 A. I, [/ o' g B. k
$ C; C, |% P2 h! P"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.# z, x b' k2 H8 X
* J- H, a+ L8 z- o2 y( X0 x3 p; wGardner 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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