SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Infection Among Attendees of an Overnight Camp — Georgia, June 2020
Christine M. Szablewski, Karen Chang, M. M. Lane Brown, Victoria Chu, Anna R. Yousaf, Ndubuisi Anyalechi, Peter A. Aryee, Hannah L. Kirking, Maranda Lumsden, Erin Mayweather, Clinton J. McDaniel, Robert Montierth, Asfia Mohammed, Noah G. Schwartz, Jaina A. Shah, Jacqueline E. Tate, Emilio Dirlikov, Cherie Drenzek, Tatiana M. Lanzieri, Rebekah J. Stewart
Abstract
to minimize the risk for SARS-CoV-2 introduction and transmission. Measures not implemented were cloth masks for campers and opening windows and doors for increased ventilation in buildings. Cloth masks were required for staff members. Camp attendees were cohorted by cabin and engaged in a variety of indoor and outdoor activities, including daily vigorous singing and cheering. On June 23, a teenage staff member left camp A after developing chills the previous evening. The staff member was tested and reported a positive test result for SARS-CoV-2 the following day (June 24). Camp A officials began sending campers home on June 24 and closed the camp on June 27. On June 25, the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) was notified and initiated an investigation. DPH recommended that all attendees be tested and self-quarantine, and isolate if they had a positive test result.