Some camps, facing the prospect of refunding a year’s revenue, and dashing the summer dreams of thousands of children, have scrambled to find a workaround
A summer camp in Haliburton cottage country is pitching the Ontario government to let it accept hundreds of child campers into a “large bubble” for the summer season. In order to do so, it has agreed to pay $150,000 for more than 1,000 COVID-19 tests.
His proposal, sent this week to Ontario Premier Doug Ford, follows an earlier failed pitch by a coalition of camps to open with restrictions guided by public health officials, including a prior two weeks of self-isolation, and a COVID-19 test in the week or so before attending. The proposal could involve sponsoring tests for a second camp that serves disadvantaged children, Mandell said.
“We shouldn’t be. That’s the truth,” said Mandell. “The fact that the province has opened up testing alone should be enough, along with the 14-day quarantine, for camps to operate.” On this view, his proposal is extra safe. “I’ve mitigated the risk down to nothing, or almost nothing, by the screening,” he said.
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