Jul 13, 2021 / 10:14 PM EDT
MIAMISBURG, Ohio (WDTN)
UPDATE: Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County is now reporting at least 70 cases of COVID-19 associated with a retreat at Camp Chautauqua. Thirteen of the reported cases are local to the Miami Valley.
Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County is investigating a COVID-19 outbreak out of Camp Chautauqua in Miamisburg with at least 30 confirmed cases. The Ohio Department of Health has issued a statewide alert after the exposure was discovered and alerted surrounding states.
Public health officials said that the incident occurred during a Baptist Church retreat from June 27 to July 3 that included people from Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana. The 30+ confirmed cases were from Ohio and Kentucky, but over 800 people attended the event. Public Health Dayton & Montgomery County’s PIO Dan Suffoletto says eight of those 30 cases are confirmed here in Montgomery County. All eight cases are people who are not vaccinated.
Jul 13, 2021 / 11:11 PM EDT
MIAMISBURG, Ohio (WDTN) – After a COVID-19 outbreak was reported Monday, officials with a Miamisburg camp say they felt mischaracterized and are trying to protect the privacy of camp attendees, many of them children.
Jason Harmeyer, president and CEO of Chautauqua Camp and Conference Center, said he and his staff were disappointed when a release from Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County stated the camp wasn’t providing information about who was at a Baptist church retreat between June 27 and July 3.
“It created a narrative that was not accurate and not really in the true sense of what we are about in partnering with our local officials and really how it relates to partnering with parents and groups,” Harmeyer said.
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