Preventing and Mitigating SARS-CoV-2 Transmission — Four Overnight Camps, Maine, June–August 2020 | MMWR

Preventing and Mitigating SARS-CoV-2 Transmission — Four Overnight Camps, Maine, June–August 2020 | MMWR



Testing helped summer camps avoid outbreaks
Repeated testing and 14-day quarantines in small groups prevented outbreaks at four overnight camps in the US state of Maine. Of more than 1,000 attendees, 2 staff members and one camper tested positive at camp and were isolated until they tested negative, and the virus did not not spread further. The case contrasts with a camp in the state of Georgia, at which at least 250 campers and staff members tested positive for COVID-19 despite all having tested negative fewer than 13 days before arrival.
Reference: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report paper 1 & paper 2