A report on how the new coronavirus spread rapidly through a summer camp in Georgia suggests kids transmit the virus very well.
The camp opened for staff on June 17 and kids started arriving four days later. The first known case involved a teen camp staff member who developed chills on June 23 and tested positive for COVID-19 the next day.Campers, who averaged 12 years of age, hadn't been required to wear masks although camp staff wore masks, the researchers said.
Campers were also housed closely together -- 15 to a cabin, on average -- according to a team led by Christine Szablewski, of the Georgia Department of Public Health. Among the 31 cabins, the COVID-19 infection rate averaged 50%. Szablewski's group said the rate of infection reported in the study is also"likely an underestimate because cases might have been missed among persons not tested."
Glatter noted that another study published earlier this week"found that [infected] children under the age of 5 harbor up to 100 times the level of viral genetic material [of SARS-CoV-2] compared to adults."
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