Oregon will allow youth overnight camps to resume this summer with significant restrictions to protect against the spread of COVID-19.
The state allowed day camps to move forward last summer during the heart of the pandemic, but banned overnight camps for school-aged children.
But the Oregon Health Authority released new guidance last month to allow both day and overnight camp operators to move forward with programming this summer.
All youth programs, including day and overnight camps, must put together communicable disease management plans, implement enhanced cleaning standards, screen for symptoms and require anyone who exhibits COVID-19 symptoms to stay home, split participants into stable groups of no more than 30 and require that both staff and most youth participants wear masks. The state will not require children to wear masks if they can’t wear them due to medical conditions or disabilities or they are unable to remove the masks on their own.
Overnight camp operators must all ensure that there is at least 30 inches between beds and that campers sleeper head-to-toe. Camps must limit use of cabins and tents to a single cohort of no more than 30.
Overnight camp operators are also encouraged, but not required to restrict campers and staff from leaving and returning to camp during sessions.
Daily coronavirus cases and the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Oregon had been rising steadily since March, but declined slightly over the past week.
More than 36% of Oregonians over 16 have been fully vaccinated, while nearly 16% have received one vaccine dose and still need to receive a second dose. The vaccines are currently only authorized for people 16 and older.
-- Jamie Goldberg | jgoldberg@oregonian.com | @jamiebgoldberg
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