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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps4 ]6 W& l: e# h- Y) Z0 I6 k( R
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM
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ctvtoronto.ca; ^) S8 s5 a p! ]4 o: b/ x/ _3 K
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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.# G: p0 x, A. J8 w$ I
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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.' c. U" c1 f A+ d7 R# r: E
4 t. b, R7 e8 @/ v& KThe 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. Z6 \) I# t: @. t* O5 K' B- f/ f
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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.6 a& T6 s1 w( p8 m w" ^
7 j" G$ q8 M/ E% T1 U# SThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said." S) G1 q- m m7 i# Q" A
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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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8 o0 p, y2 z) X- ]3 KMost of the infected campers have been sent home to recover. Those who can't be sent home for whatever reason are in quarantine.' M$ n8 i/ V. b* ^* k7 s+ y
& u/ T, L7 j7 g7 IGardner 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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+ [% b$ o! G1 ^% u( O4 z9 S; u"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." p0 A. @, j! d1 K; }3 S4 b
. O( l% K! c$ g2 a' iParents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said.
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$ n5 o! R7 P M4 ~* {/ q"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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5 v9 k4 Y0 f/ Z! KThose 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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- }6 |4 F5 u5 UGardner 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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5 L4 |" j% g/ w* ^+ b9 u- |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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