US Summer Camps Hit with COVID-19. Are Schools Next?
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The U.S. has seen COVID-19
outbreaks linked to summer camps in recent weeks in states such as Texas, Illinois, Florida, Missouri and Kansas. Some fear the same thing could happen during the upcoming school year.
In some cases, the outbreaks have spread from the camp to the larger community.
The high-infection areas have appeared as the number of new cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. has been rising. The cases have jumped more than 60 percent over the past two weeks from an average of about 12,000 a day to around 19,500. That information comes from Johns Hopkins University.
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Angie Andrade refastens the face mask on her 3-year-old daughter, Abigail, as they pick up free sack lunches at J.T. Saldivar Elementary School in Dallas March 17, 2020. DISD typically provides breakfast and lunch during spring break for any student wishing to drop by for a meal, but in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, some families have practiced extra caution in picking up meals.(Lynda M. Gonzalez / Staff Photographer)
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A Texas church network has announced that it is canceling a childrenâs camp event after around 80 participants of an earlier youth camp event tested positive for COVID-19.
South Texas District Church of the Nazarene, which is made up of around 100 congregations, had originally scheduled its Kidâs Camp for July 19-23.
However, the church group posted a statement on its Facebook page announcing the cancellation. It cited âover 80 COVID cases that can be traced directly to our STX Youth Camp held last week, July 5-9.â
âThat number has grown daily for six consecutive days. That number includes several who were vaccinated and still became ill with the COVID virus,â explained STDC.
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Bruce Wesley, lead pastor of the multisite Clear Creek Community Church in League City, Texas, prays against COVID-19 infections on Sunday July 11, 2021. | YouTube/Clear Creek Community Church
Pastor Bruce Wesley of the multi-campus Clear Creek Community Church in Texas, which recently made headlines as some 125 youth and adults got infected with what officials suspect is the COVID-19 Delta variant after attending a church-sponsored student ministry camp, publicly prayed for Godâs âmercyâ as his church was forced to shutter for a second week.
âLord, we didnât want to be in the news, at least not for this, maybe for serving or some extreme generosity, but not this, Wesley prayed in an online message delivered to his congregants.