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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps/ M; r9 C# D$ H7 \- M6 r
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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.2 e; t& C% Z) T" c' a* z
: d/ _4 H" ?6 j* pDr. 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.! ^% K. R9 u9 s# m: H" [
3 l9 S$ e8 {* v. N. a+ I8 p% s4 [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.2 l$ D+ L. V0 J5 M+ P8 d
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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.; d6 ?, D- _* e3 R2 z$ L: ]
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said./ ~; @# m6 c' x3 P$ f+ M/ r; [# u
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.& @8 }9 K' x, k; C8 B
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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.( I5 W/ j- P0 A; i% Y
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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.! b0 W2 S5 U# ?( j0 Q
" M, c2 @) ]7 w: Z! SParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.) C! o, c" a4 a, e f+ [
6 X* q$ s$ v+ b4 m"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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3 |! Z2 c+ Q5 L- KThose 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., r. I, R; ^9 _# R6 x7 U0 X
4 E& c* C3 h2 d5 G! M/ r5 `1 cGardner 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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