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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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z' n; \6 ^% t8 V, @# W2 }Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM. ~; E/ @% e' S; a, O+ D
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( ?9 w/ v- ~) @: rThe 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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* h( x' Q: n' O- T/ ^ J I/ A5 RDr. 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.5 J& o0 j; Y I# O1 e$ J
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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.: T( t2 R2 K1 n6 ?' x1 t0 ^
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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.& Y* S n* E3 u! D
- B: F; q! \) n4 p0 \The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.( c- P1 l6 A C2 K; N. b
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.! U6 z4 K( Z- V# f" u9 O# t
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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.
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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.* Z. ~$ x/ j. t4 c+ i- N
. S3 g6 n# w/ r- s3 FParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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- E* n8 K' d8 z, H- {: `1 ~"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.3 l" {+ X$ S! B3 X2 [3 {
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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., ^# p2 c( s0 R- h$ T0 S. a6 D
! ^- D- W1 k5 z5 OGardner 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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