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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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2 @ R6 [3 S5 W. g, z4 N1 RThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.0 n/ }# i- k0 S2 v5 t
- s# O) }! g1 qDr. 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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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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% t4 }. l w1 D" D: C: l) i J4 P( }The number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.' }6 }; ]* E8 |3 t
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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.5 X- `/ }, S9 n9 V/ Q
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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.7 E, t" N0 _. H% w W
7 X% v6 N( Q8 t/ ~7 c% @- d" A"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.1 b8 l/ Q p" y$ Z
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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- M2 {& ^% O7 \6 V- W- l. FThose 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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* P3 W' T8 C; H J# FGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.- V& F6 h5 z- W. O
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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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