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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps' T8 K) V' G9 J
" a- C* w- Z$ e8 e( lUpdated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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R' x' H9 W+ [2 A, ?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.
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* E+ ?& U3 G' v, G( Z6 d: GDr. 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.
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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.# p+ e& Q0 ~- t1 E& |- @
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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.
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The 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.
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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.$ f' J. b2 D7 j) o- o, X
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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.
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Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.- J5 x1 z$ m1 e, L1 H9 Y0 d: H! |& M
2 ^8 U; Q3 B( h( R( U. _"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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- |7 M& o- j( n" d2 c# x( p2 cThose 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.( d! C* I, X# t! B
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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." c( N7 F. Y3 \! S/ p+ m5 U
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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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