Georgia ymca camp covid outbreak. A georgia overnight camp hit by a coronavirus outbreak took many precautions but didnt make campers wear masks or have proper ventilation in buildings according to a government report. 85 kids counselors infected with coronavirus in ymca camp outbreak ga officials say by mitchell willetts. 51 of the infected were between the ages of six and 10 and 44 were between 11 and 17 years old.
44 of all the attendees at the camp have contracted the virus. Georgia cnn the cdc reported that 260 people tested positive at an overnight ymca summer camp in georgia. Covid 19 spread quickly among unmasked youth at ymca camp cdc finds.
A coronavirus outbreak at a georgia sleepaway camp in june saw hundreds infected with the coronavirus renewing concerns about children contracting the disease according to the centers for. The coronavirus infected hundreds at a georgia summer camp the camp took precautions but did not require campers to wear masks the cdc. The ymca of metro atlanta which operates the camp did not respond to.
It also showed that. In a startling finding with disturbing implications for schools 260 children and staff members tested positive for covid 19 in an outbreak that spread in just days at a summer camp in northern georgia according to a study released friday by the centers for disease control and prevention. Singing and cheering may have helped spread the.
Some 260 cases of the coronavirus have been tied to attendees and staff at a north georgia ymca childrens camp in june. Out of 344 campers and staff tested for the covid 19 virus 260 came back positive in the weeks after the camp closed according to the cdcs analysis which was released on friday.