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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps# `1 P6 ^/ z( I% Q
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM+ X8 R) x4 ]; D) w- u: W) [# G; _3 @7 |
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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.9 n0 b% {1 a" i4 R6 J. l! A
5 U; f! ]" u' H. P# y$ oDr. 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.' j7 Z8 R" b% v$ H
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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.' M+ L3 W- b3 |, _
) \9 p5 H4 x! `- ?/ ]) F" RThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.+ @, x5 U9 U$ x; f4 X$ |# R6 f
. F# R% H& |8 I2 N7 F7 }5 P"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.9 L3 U0 r6 W; X! [: H
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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.2 d* [8 A+ X& |( h% B: P6 G! \
# O4 c- X3 A% k, P3 j" UGardner 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.) W# J' _5 A$ n8 o' l" e/ I# t
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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.5 ~+ { L z: u0 v% ~% l- a
) L( H2 `) i vParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.# _# o% y4 c/ h' E; D
5 u( W) l y% ]"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.% a2 [8 s3 l- J5 k! Q
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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.1 |% i+ @/ ]+ \+ a$ v
; V) J) S) i+ ]# t. o: IGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.2 @0 {7 c; z& a; f; E
( I7 I6 m+ Y, a- N6 m3 B# LHowever, 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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