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Summer Camps Bring Ominous Virus Warning in Test Run for Schools
- ‘They did everything right,’ parent says of shut camp in Texas
- Increasing rates of infected American children and teenagers
Photographer: Lee Vue
Summer camps in parts of the U.S. are closing as children and counselors test positive for Covid-19, a troubling sign as the country debates whether schools should start in-person instruction as soon as next month.
From storied sleep-away camps in Missouri and Arkansas to city-run day programs in small-town Texas, a staple of the American summer is finding it’s not immune to the pandemic. At least seven have canceled sessions in the past four weeks, with 191 children and staffers testing positive.