The CDC has issued new guidance for summer camps.
In addition, they suggest that if eligible, staff, volunteers, campers and their family members get fully vaccinated before camp. For those who aren’t vaccinated, you ll have to provide proof of a negative viral COVID-19 test taken one to three days before the start of camp.
With this new guidance, the state said they’ll soon be updating their safety protocols for summer camps they released last month.
As the CT Camping Association explains, camps in Connecticut follow state guidelines which are created with CDC guidance in mind.
While day camps could run with restrictions last summer, overnight camps were closed in Connecticut.
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Winding Trails Summer Day Camp welcomes 600 kids to the forests of central Connecticut every year. They bounce through afternoon activities zip-lining through the trees, swimming in the lake, biking through the countryside before heading back home to their parents who savored the break from child rearing duties. 2020, of course, was different. Unlike some summer camps, Winding Trails remained open during the pandemic, and counselors cared for their campers behind a mask, in small groups, with bottles of disinfectant in tow.
Keith Garbart, camp director at Winding Trails, says he agonized over the decision to reopen last year. Like many of us, he spent the early period of the pandemic assuming that life would go back to normal within a matter of weeks, before slowly realizing that it was impossible for any public institution to function normally during a pandemic. Today, he finds himself drafting the safety proto