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H1N1 flu outbreak reported at Ontario summer camps
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Updated: Wed Jul. 15 2009 3:50:08 PM* h. N1 e. U" L" u
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3 k8 I) O3 ~$ O0 tThe 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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2 A% E& B6 G Z! I |1 WDr. 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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3 X6 G( c/ K6 d$ h" bThe 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.$ h1 j* e- ^6 n' C4 Y8 k
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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.1 T' u6 E9 u8 G, \: [7 k( Q' n
' J$ ~4 X; T6 q* AThe cases developed in the past week. All are considered mild, meaning no one required hospitalization, Gardner said.+ M) C! M' L* o% q1 U& |
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"The camps are working very closely with the health unit to implement what we call control measures," he said.7 Y2 o4 M# ~! Q* \, A, v
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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.2 y6 N' @* T% Z t
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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.9 G) g$ u2 Z$ ]' f: E' ?
. l7 l6 w# W6 ?"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.( g5 L1 ~1 t4 O% N' I- f" W1 |
4 S3 e6 t4 v: l" i5 B2 `Parents can help by making sure they aren't sending sick children to camp, Gardner said. q8 H& J i5 Z2 |
; Z; N; w4 j1 @. H8 b"Do not send your children to camp if they have any influenza-like illness," he said.
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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.* s( A( ^& F. o, O
9 @( H7 e; q/ b: aGardner 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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* x2 B* S: L2 i2 n6 T. XHowever, 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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