 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
8 X2 B* U- B3 j* I! ~8 F7 t$ s5 n- v8 J/ @4 j n* `: C% T5 h. z# J
Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM! x0 k. x q% U, `( x: q1 ^
$ e6 _; Q. r# m5 O3 o# R4 }
ctvtoronto.ca1 A* n5 n4 P- a' t% }
9 y! e" ]/ u( H+ F4 z" QThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.
9 \9 S$ F) @# O* {
: \: h9 R7 ~' T7 D' K9 ADr. 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./ M6 l9 T% Z9 l& P8 K
5 i2 t& F) @. W. A: l7 F& ]4 T$ WThe 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.+ c1 r0 Y) [3 T' |
6 t2 W6 a8 t" y# g
The number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.
: r7 J$ R1 ?; z* j* D$ v- L- y$ j. L/ @' i- n# C# j
The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.' p7 c* ?* c4 u' b5 _+ n
; a" c# ~8 f8 q. J"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.( V1 H% @. X+ K: H/ D
7 r" ~- M! O" b! C2 T) S- p
Most of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.
( n u+ R7 c/ M% o. C- ~' d/ ~3 T% P
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.
; P8 D4 d% }0 H0 ^2 r! g. j; R4 }( ]6 m- e. w) z) ?$ Y4 U5 s6 P
"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.
# O V8 s: [- o Q
6 ^6 N6 u2 ]9 b- Q/ VParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
1 A& f2 H6 j5 |
# ~6 o6 L5 t. U$ X" n' B: U"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.7 y3 b+ C9 o; o( e
* c2 I2 W4 X/ E3 e2 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.
6 L7 T' Z# j8 u ~+ r8 j" W
- L9 a% m, U0 ~ C* L1 k! M; BGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.1 @* c ]7 i: o3 W) ^8 r
) W4 b7 D$ r" j& _' RHowever, normally the district is usually more focused on working with camps to prevent outbreaks of gastroenteric diseases and on injury prevention, he said. |
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2009-7-15 13:38
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
楼主
; }0 S4 q0 E8 a- q
