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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps- {4 L% S4 h3 P! M7 O* {1 l5 U1 b
$ N( I. ?5 ?& d- m& Y5 s& n& RUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM6 ^" G; c9 d) e e ]. D& x' d% v* a
+ I0 o' G2 D5 E% M% Ectvtoronto.ca) @6 m2 I! E% h/ k, `
/ c9 Z- Z7 J( j6 oThe Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting that 227 young people at three summer camps in cottage country have developed H1N1 flu.
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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.1 A8 ^' O5 I |8 I) O% ~2 T
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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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4 n/ l5 n5 Y/ p( ^The number of infected represents almost one in five campers and almost one in seven camp staffers at the affected camps. s" ~$ o- c- K4 J! k
/ ]% `& n# X2 e ?4 U# YThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.) F( {$ E$ @+ q: U3 i
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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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3 p5 B: O, {8 W3 O! w) l, A. }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.% @# F1 ?3 L7 V
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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* @( }5 K# u" }5 ]6 _, Z" t"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said. ]( c1 k( D4 l7 M( o
" }0 s' Y9 R9 u* d& ]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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9 |- t+ X3 Z5 y3 ]Gardner 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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/ E( q p7 x/ wHowever, 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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