 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps1 C% r) I H w4 f: t
' R9 Y" t: p+ y! T% n* x
Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM7 y2 q: N5 c4 D
8 Q7 G$ s( i+ ?, n5 }6 N) S. T M4 ]ctvtoronto.ca: a/ S9 u% z3 T$ q/ h4 [$ e$ `
0 @+ O8 C0 J1 z' Q7 B
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu." K3 b2 j+ ^+ M& y: r
3 s) W% ^& b7 P1 ADr. 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.
: a2 C! J6 p% B4 \' ^$ l* g2 n- a' }. ?7 `3 n3 p' Y
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.
/ q' B: N g( S# \7 H( @1 i9 a
/ K X% P# H1 k' s9 `& G4 pThe number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps.) J0 c4 q% \0 U
1 ~0 v8 y! L5 ]( v, \, [
The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
4 |5 f+ I3 T5 \. H7 s1 G; [$ \' y$ |, I9 u
"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.
( C) E$ _( A3 @) S0 Z: U! Z% f0 m. k5 E: x
Most of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.4 V' G* Y4 X% W) y+ Q) [
. U" _" P" a( T% V) oGardner 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.
$ K( B3 Z5 y7 ?% R' s
& f; [, Z- `* [3 y/ }"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.) B% B6 D+ M; p* B6 W5 ]3 G& m
& H- o5 u1 \$ ?- `
Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.- U, C( p3 F. ? q. Y0 F+ ?
6 V1 e x3 N5 ]5 J- c! P
"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.4 T5 ~' Y0 A# ]
4 j6 f) E/ Y! K( j, B$ 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.* S+ ?) u' v( }# S, M0 W
6 Z2 H) K7 s4 F! W7 Z3 x, P
Gardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.8 N* R8 A( U) v# U6 C9 F
* O! D* `; v0 U! J6 e& x/ |
However, normally the district is usually more focused on working with camps to prevent outbreaks of gastroenteric diseases and on injury prevention, he said. |
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2009-7-15 13:38
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
楼主
9 y' V5 M0 A. N: G- b
