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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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. P( V- j2 D# uUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM& ?- I7 V$ Z6 `% k. x4 O8 b
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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 _5 a* g1 t* j6 l' H
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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.
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5 i7 @" a, _/ v, B* dThe 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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* D+ E, s5 n( c0 C- A6 ^) e5 nThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.
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" n) T% E% r/ x" h5 u! CThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.* d1 O3 [* W' Y, P
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
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) J8 }* y+ n6 ~# j% ?Most of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.8 k! V4 R% f+ N5 P; m, H/ Y
7 F1 s$ k. s4 ^" vGardner 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.) E: r4 v. y$ w6 e" Y: V
4 a5 ?* V% G2 y1 W! _"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.4 u* x7 f. T$ J" F* ?. ^
0 J; M# ~# Y7 x" `+ e' j5 aParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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% b% [) v& F3 ~$ S7 z8 O"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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" k5 X# e% A" \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.: k: E( [7 I, ?5 U$ c
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Gardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.0 m$ v; C$ u0 U& }
! m5 m* R4 C. D8 ~ QHowever, 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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