March 15, 2021

Day Camp in the Time of COVID-19: What Went Right?

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions

Keywords (Tags): children, non-pharm interventions

• [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A survey of summer day camp directors (n = 23) in the metropolitan New York area conducted in September 2020 regarding their camps’ COVID-19 policies during the summer of 2020 found that common infection prevention policies included COVID-19 screening at entry, placing camp attendees in cohorts, maximizing outdoor activities, mandating mask use when indoors, and frequent hand sanitizing. Out of 8,480 children and 3,698 staff, six staff and one camper tested positive for COVID-19. There was no secondary transmission within camps, and infection rates were lower in camps than in the counties where the camps were located. 

Nachman et al. (Mar 12, 2021). Day Camp in the Time of COVID-19: What Went Right? Pre-print downloaded Mar 15 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.11.21253309