Georgia ymca coronavirus. Some 260 cases of the coronavirus have been tied to attendees and staff at a north georgia ymca childrens camp in june. Brian kemp r signed an executive order in may allowing overnight summer camps in the state provided that all participating had a negative covid 19 test within 12 days of attending. Covid 19 spread quickly among unmasked youth at ymca camp cdc finds.
The coronavirus infected hundreds at a georgia summer camp the camp took precautions but did not require campers to wear masks the cdc. More than 250 campers and staffers at an overnight camp in georgia were infected with the coronavirus after being together for roughly a week according to a research paper released on friday by the centers for disease control and prevention. Researchers with the cdc and the georgia department of public health tracked infections at the camp dubbed camp a after a teenage counselor was sent.
Kemp is opposed to a mask mandate and is suing atlantas mayor for instituting a mask requirement in public areas. 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. 260 campers test positive for covid 19 after stay at a georgia ymca camp health.
Jul 31 2020 555 pm edt. Cdc cumming ga almost 300 children and teens most of them ages 6 to 10 tested positive for the coronavirus after attending a ymca. Singing and cheering may have helped spread the.