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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.$ a7 q" P6 }: z, }6 s7 d
5 g9 v5 l! @. Q/ w8 Q- _7 ZDr. 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.% ]/ a/ U9 ]! h
' T" m3 |- H0 x o0 jThe 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.! I/ u( C% S$ I0 N9 g4 I9 R7 h
, Y6 A7 @" L0 C) \7 Z* HThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.
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8 m- z( d) l9 N) pThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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* ^$ l" W+ K: X- b"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said. I, V8 b8 f+ o2 T' Z1 I
* ^% k6 p7 H1 vMost 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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* w W6 r, T8 k. YGardner 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." u+ W' ~( m9 `( p- X
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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.( @8 K: _# |* c5 B' N' b" D; d
3 D+ d+ K/ b+ s ?# V1 B7 @% X* lParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.8 M/ e, @+ \8 O$ e7 B
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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& K0 ?% _6 a" P% }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.2 \6 Y' N$ Q) Y, K, T6 B
! K4 O7 X" P3 p- dGardner 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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9 S5 W, ^' \( RHowever, 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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