From the CF:
VERNON, B.C. - Training has been reduced at the Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre as a precautionary measure as a result of laboratory confirmation that one cadet has been ill with the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus. This has led to a decision to limit the intake of cadets for the rest of the summer.
Five days after the summer training centre began operating three cadets presented themselves at the Medical Inspection Room (MIR) with symptoms of influenza-like illness (ILI). One was assessed at Vernon Jubilee Hospital but was not admitted. The cadet returned to the centre and was isolated along with the two other cadets. Since then, a total of 27 cases with respiratory symptoms have been isolated at the centre and all are doing well. No cadets have been hospitalized. The parents of all cadets were notified and were in agreement with the care provided. Viral swabs were taken from eight of the cases and sent to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) laboratory in Vancouver on July 13 for analysis. Today, the BCCDC reported that one of the samples was positive for the pandemic (H1NI) 2009 virus, one sample is indeterminate and will undergo further testing. Six other samples were negative.
Canadian Forces Health Services has consulted with their national public health authorities and with the B.C. Interior Health Authority and BCCDC since the first cases came to light. At this time there is no recommendation from Public Health officials to close the centre.
The Vernon Cadet Summer Training Centre hosts about 800 cadets at once throughout the summer; some for two weeks, some for three weeks and about a half for six weeks. Earlier in the week it was decided to not go ahead with the second two-week intake of cadets. A decision is yet to be made whether the third group of two week cadets and the second group of three-week cadets will attend leaving about 400 cadets to complete their training until Aug.14.
The Vernon CSTC has a staff of 10 medical personnel including a contracted civilian physician, a CF nursing officer, and eight civilian nurses. Additional CF medical personnel were brought in to assist with the increased volume of illness. The application to attend summer training includes a parent's medical statement that is assessed in advance of a cadet being accepted for attendance.
Posted by Dave Pugliese at David Pugliese’s Defence Watch
VERNON, B.C. - Training has been reduced at the Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre as a precautionary measure as a result of laboratory confirmation that one cadet has been ill with the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus. This has led to a decision to limit the intake of cadets for the rest of the summer.
Five days after the summer training centre began operating three cadets presented themselves at the Medical Inspection Room (MIR) with symptoms of influenza-like illness (ILI). One was assessed at Vernon Jubilee Hospital but was not admitted. The cadet returned to the centre and was isolated along with the two other cadets. Since then, a total of 27 cases with respiratory symptoms have been isolated at the centre and all are doing well. No cadets have been hospitalized. The parents of all cadets were notified and were in agreement with the care provided. Viral swabs were taken from eight of the cases and sent to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) laboratory in Vancouver on July 13 for analysis. Today, the BCCDC reported that one of the samples was positive for the pandemic (H1NI) 2009 virus, one sample is indeterminate and will undergo further testing. Six other samples were negative.
Canadian Forces Health Services has consulted with their national public health authorities and with the B.C. Interior Health Authority and BCCDC since the first cases came to light. At this time there is no recommendation from Public Health officials to close the centre.
The Vernon Cadet Summer Training Centre hosts about 800 cadets at once throughout the summer; some for two weeks, some for three weeks and about a half for six weeks. Earlier in the week it was decided to not go ahead with the second two-week intake of cadets. A decision is yet to be made whether the third group of two week cadets and the second group of three-week cadets will attend leaving about 400 cadets to complete their training until Aug.14.
The Vernon CSTC has a staff of 10 medical personnel including a contracted civilian physician, a CF nursing officer, and eight civilian nurses. Additional CF medical personnel were brought in to assist with the increased volume of illness. The application to attend summer training includes a parent's medical statement that is assessed in advance of a cadet being accepted for attendance.
Posted by Dave Pugliese at David Pugliese’s Defence Watch
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