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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps/ v2 b/ V- H* Y- [
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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.2 _0 ~- e6 _8 r+ t3 R; w w$ a
" y+ D+ p! q5 _Dr. 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.: S" y; B6 a8 k( M$ Q I7 {
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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.! V$ }, X$ g% i3 M, S
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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.6 t; a0 V+ Y0 T e
# U/ o1 |# x! ?" I mMost of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.8 k4 A' M0 T- V4 |# E3 K$ d
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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.
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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.; b; J/ v5 Z7 c6 i. [
$ u. t. J% j$ x; gParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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, ~9 X1 z. j0 ]3 ^- K) N"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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0 B2 v5 L; {7 u) ]: f1 zThose 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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: s' V8 X9 K F+ u. `) k0 q4 VGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.; V8 t+ f8 H3 P
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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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