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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps: g8 I# z% _! b/ {
5 r8 {8 G7 u/ x4 X" W; O" c& N- n) ]Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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% k; B1 S0 N7 w+ mThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.2 h$ k3 v* O0 N4 U
6 l! Q y4 [6 ]8 pDr. 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.* h! V( n# ]3 A" _: z. k# C
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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.( P7 Z% s& H5 a2 _
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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.. q- t1 _ u% S; }
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The cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.5 `; f8 ]) z: {
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.% D/ k+ N, Y3 L5 a( e
' U; x& ]: o0 F6 d: P1 xMost 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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"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 @( y3 y+ a/ I4 g) Z; ~( @; h8 Y
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.. W, }% j# \% M1 v+ r! X9 y E
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"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.2 n5 A1 ^, [! O3 O N% D
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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.. f* \ v7 L8 m# C, q
: q I/ I6 S; zGardner said the district thought there could be some outbreaks at camps this summer, given that some cases had occurred in schools.
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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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