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Created: July 21, 2021 08:01 PM
COPAKE - A summer camp in Columbia County is dealing with a COVID outbreak. Around 30 or so campers at Camp Pontiac in Copake have tested positive for COVID-19.
This all started over the weekend.
NewsChannel 13 was told that the camp tested kids who were symptomatic.
Jack Mabb, the Columbia County Public Health Director, says nearly 30 kids have tested positive for COVID.
According to their website, Camp Pontiac is a seven-week sleep away camp for kids 7 to 16. Mabb says the kids who have contracted COVID are ages 7 to 11. This means they are too young to get the COVID vaccine.
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