COLUMBIA - With relaxed mask mandates and social distancing guidelines, an increase in COVID cases in Boone County has lead to summer camps closing for the next two weeks.
Scott Clardy, assistant director of Columbia/Boone County Health and Human Services, said the county has seen some increases in cases in summer camps. Somebody goes in there with with COVID it s going to spread pretty quickly, Clardy said. We are seeing some clusters of cases associated with summer camps.
As CPS starts putting restrictions in place, Clardy remains vigilant. Our recommendation is we would identify that case, and then we would work with the camp to identify all the other campers that they may have been in contact with, Clardy said.
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