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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps$ d: k* C8 b' R7 p# {8 ~: s" T) s
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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.4 }) H! f2 W! \! c
; L) r o$ @6 A/ \* g9 VDr. 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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; ?7 d( s0 c% V; O" kThe 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.# b8 S0 D+ T) U+ X7 B
" @9 F! a' v, z- l4 SThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.& Q' O! E' c) @% J0 E
~: \) i( T1 x* l- G"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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8 [5 t# s9 }# X! `Most of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.- T& H! C0 d8 z# J( |
& @ p; j* X2 Z# S4 MGardner 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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"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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! R1 |% y& @1 ]" r% P! mParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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6 p" A( i1 R! i$ `1 g' r"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.: Z- M8 l. c! K
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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.
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/ p/ T5 n7 H" O- @! z5 J( mGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.1 X* ]0 t5 j5 W V0 S
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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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