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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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ctvtoronto.ca
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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.; u3 E S: z: ]7 j- M$ f3 r( u/ ^
( V, g( |2 K; g; aDr. 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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4 s7 g7 ?+ n7 _1 e7 N! ?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./ C# Y7 A- S' O' Q- Y
5 ]1 z( j0 o9 k) C, Q# M" t, [The number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps./ o3 @' ?+ ?; P4 {6 Z' O
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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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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.* T* V9 d) L( k
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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.* W% p' d& z0 W- G8 R
' l3 _0 w1 I8 `' 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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7 n" O) L0 Q. s0 u! ^"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.# k8 P& T7 c1 B) A' a
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.- z7 i1 L, B9 P; Z+ e0 s
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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8 z: u& `$ }5 c1 m& m- M1 vThose 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.9 u; i- N) k$ I2 X$ G
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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.
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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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