Georgia camp covid. Shutterstock a georgia sleepaway camp that required masks for counselors was forced to close in june after more than 260 attendees contracted coronavirus the centers for disease control said. Limited data are available about transmission of sars cov 2 the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 covid 19 among youths. Rabun county ga a cdc report released friday reveals that hundreds of campers at a north georgia ymca camp were infected with coronavirus in just days before the camp was shut down.
Centers for disease control and prevention image shows the spherical coronavirus particles from the first us. Nearly 600 young campers and counselors attended the camp in late june and of the 344 who were tested for covid 19 76 tested positive by mid july. The camp had followed some but not all of the cdc mitigation steps against the spread of the new coronavirus but was not enough to keep campers and staff free of illness.
F resh concerns about sending children back to school have been raised after covid 19 tore through a georgia camp infecting scores of children. The centers for disease control and prevention. Georgia camp with covid 19 outbreak didnt require masks by mike stobbe july 31 2020 this 2020 electron microscope made available by the us.