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Children sent home from St. Cloud summer camp after worker tests positive for COVID-19

Valentina Fasano cleans her work space with sanitizing wipes at the Girl's Empowerment and Mentoring (G.E.M.) Summer Arts Camp during the coronavirus pandemic, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in Miami. This Miami-Dade County summer camp program is operating at limited capacity, and has enhanced health screening and sanitizing procedures, practices social distancing, and required wearing of face coverings. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (Lynne Sladky, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

ST. CLOUD, Fla. – Children and staff are being sent home from the St. Cloud summer camp, which just began last week, after an employee there tested positive for COVID-19, according to social media posts from the city.

“The decision was made out of an abundance of caution and on the advice of the county health department,” the post read.

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Details weren’t provided on when children will be permitted to return to the camp, if at all.

Effective today, the City of St. Cloud is sending all children and summer camp staff home, due to a staff member who has...

Posted by City of St. Cloud, Florida on Wednesday, July 15, 2020

According to its website, the summer camp started July 6 and is limited to 60 participants each week.

Now the city is asking that any child enrolled at the camp or any employee working at the camp take their temperature every morning and evening for the next 10 days and monitor for symptoms.

Anyone who develops symptoms is urged to take a coronavirus test.

School is set to resume in Osceola County on Aug. 24.


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