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COVID-19: Outbreak Hits Sleepaway Summer Camp In Foothills Of Berkshires COVID-19: Outbreak Hits Sleepaway Summer Camp In Foothills Of Berkshires
Covid-19: Outbreak Hits Sleepaway Summer Camp In Foothills Of Berkshires A COVID-19 outbreak at an upstate New York summer sleepaway camp has resulted in 31 confirmed positive cases with many campers returning home. Camp Pontiac is located in Copake, New York, in Columbia County, in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains.  It's a seven-week camp for boys and girls aged 7 to 16 from all over the country. The 31 cases are all in campers between 7 and 11 years old, an age group now ineligible to get the COVID vaccine. There were no positive cases in kids at the camp age 12 and over, who are eligible to get vaccinated. The camp reported the first …

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by Joe Lombardi