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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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8 U* s3 [, Z* z8 S3 n% R5 f/ j$ y- RUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM$ f' O/ E8 Z! H1 [
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( E! V: s; t6 S6 DThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.$ a) |5 C7 ?6 H G: _9 `8 B% A
$ g8 A. ?/ i: X% ^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.; p4 s# x) B) t$ H4 d* j
& I) H, q6 t& \% |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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4 c& \* y# w# O" `( c$ P8 c4 FThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps., M# G1 M7 K$ P, w" S1 P) Y0 e
) J5 H) m5 p( J0 c3 v6 \The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.: W0 w) Q5 J* D- S
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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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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.1 y+ R- L; z+ N6 _+ Y
. T2 K' t& c% x# A- I"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.1 X1 F, R, @4 C& w1 Y. a
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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0 H7 a6 E# g, H9 ]" k7 h"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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3 r& q7 W, t; G4 v3 V; ]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.
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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.& W% s4 v' Z. O2 ? N2 ~
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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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