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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps6 J# S- y+ Y3 c/ K$ ~' ~/ \
4 p% S# t `4 ` |Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM3 T$ t1 [4 j; `2 {2 s6 T/ ~& M$ A
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; x& v8 A9 @/ J2 z7 ~, @: s3 [The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.! O0 Q# ^4 T1 E& X8 O
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Dr. 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.1 y& X# y2 T+ A/ u( w
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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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The number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.
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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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5 B. u2 H' K! S- W"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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$ k5 I, k0 K; e' u& L( ]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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4 R* F" l' N7 O3 z"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.2 P7 j4 t5 {/ H
9 v7 d# I! E3 d% |; vParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.- P: t X4 g3 E$ L0 O \
, [" b! Q* A( c. `7 wThose 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.+ a8 u$ U' U, |% A5 U- b" Y
5 s: @8 ^# \3 h& e& [* d2 Q! ZGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.5 y- ~4 r4 i3 ^9 @# @4 a
( w. t% Y! q+ |; H$ {- C4 v+ gHowever, 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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