Implementation of multiple strategies prevented almost zero transmission of COVID-19 among 7,173 campers and staff members who attended nine U.S.

overnight camps this summer, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study.

All nine camps required staff members and campers to mask and physically distant from anyone outside their immediate family for almost two weeks before arrival.

The participants were strongly advised to mask and to practice physical distancing when traveling to camp, while campers were required to submit at least one negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of arrival to camp, according to the study.

During their first 12 days of camp, the unvaccinated campers were screened multiple times to rule out COVID-19, the researchers noted.

The second limitation was incomplete vaccination data because one camp did not collect vacation status among campers, leading to an underestimation of the overall vaccination rate

Additionally, with high vaccination rates among eligible staff and campers, these camps were well prepared to prevent COVID-19."