HUNTSVILLE, Ontario, Jul 15, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A couple hundred youths
have come down with the H1N1 flu at three summer camps in Canada, officials say.
CTV News reported Wednesday Simcoe-Muskoka District health officials said a
total of 227 youths out of 1,275 attending three camps in Ontario's cottage
country, about a 90-minute drive north of Toronto, had become ill with the swine
flu. But the officials aren't saying which of the region's 71 registered camps
are involved.
However, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported the Olympia sports camp near
Huntsville reported on its Web site that it had one confirmed case of swine flu
and other campers with respiratory infections. The Toronto Star reported Camp
Ramah, a Jewish education camp at Utterson also was one of the camps involved.
All of the cases, which cropped up in the past week, are considered mild and
none of the youths were hospitalized.
The CBC said authorities at the camps are encouraging parents to keep their
children at home if they spot any flu-like symptoms and have banned any
inter-camp events such as competitions or exchanges.
The network said that as of Wednesday, there were 9,855 confirmed cases of swine
flu in Canada with 39 fatalities.
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