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Jun 28, 2021 | 5:14 PM
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the Delta variant of COVID-19 will be the dominant strain in Illinois by this fall.Pritzker took time during an appearance in Lawndale on Monday to urge Illinoisans to get vaccinated. He said the pandemic is not over.“Just this month an outbreak at a Central Illinois summer camp has led to 85 positive cases among attendees alone,” Pritzker said.He was referring to a church camp in Rushville, where only a “handful” of the residents reported being vaccinated, according to a news release from the Illinois Department of Public Health. The camp also did not require staff or campers to wear masks.Pritzker, who wore a mask to the event, said he did so out of an abundance of caution.“Already the Delta variant that sent Israel back into mitigation is a growing presence in Illinois,” Pritzker said. “We expect it to dominate our cases statewide by the fall.”As of Sunday,
Updated 6/28/2021 10:30 PM
Nearly 100 COVID-19 cases have resulted from an outbreak at a summer youth camp in west central Illinois, mostly involving unvaccinated people, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Monday.
So far, 85 campers and adult staff members with Crossing Camp in Rushville have contracted the virus. Eleven additional COVID-19 cases occurred when a couple of camp participants attended a conference nearby in mid-June.
All campers and adults were eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations, but only a handful got shots, the IDPH said.
Organizers at the camp, in Schuyler County, did not check if participants or staff members were vaccinated, and masks were not required for indoor activities, the IDPH reported.
UpdatedMon, Jun 28, 2021 at 3:44 pm CT
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Though children 12 and up can be vaccinated, only a few campers at Crossing Camp were inoculated. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)
RUSHVILLE, IL A recent outbreak of COVID-19 has been linked to teen campers and staff members at an Illinois church camp in early June, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Of the nearly 85 people who contracted the virus, one was hospitalized.
The health department said the outbreak was due to a low vaccination rate at the overnight summer camp where only a handful of the residents reported being vaccinated, the state health department said in a news release. The camp also did not require staff or campers to wear masks.
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