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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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. ]3 M$ }* t% `Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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5 b z) y8 j1 i4 s7 r5 lThe 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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7 h' V2 O; h1 w# \7 ODr. 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.2 x9 ~4 `) Y+ A% d% g$ u4 V
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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.
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p: b# P1 n5 c1 w m$ \The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.1 L/ Z( i; r, w3 R& b! n' l2 z
4 T9 A" h3 i$ B2 P9 C1 { a"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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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.6 a, H- u5 S6 c M# ^( A) F
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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.5 c; ?" M f/ K7 V
4 }$ M9 L* [. p4 @"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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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.* I. q1 r0 D4 s% J; N3 m
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.8 _+ S; L$ u R" {- k8 z$ }
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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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Gardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.$ ?) a5 |. W( |# C1 d
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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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