BURLINGTON, Conn. — Camp this year looked a bit different.
Several rules have been implemented to protect the safety of counselors and campers. Temperatures will be checked when arriving at camp in the morning, staff will be wearing masks at all times and children must wear masks when indoors.
Camp leaders outlined the rules with FOX61 on opening day.
"Basically what we’ve had to do was make sure that our kids are in their group of 10's and that they don’t intermingle doing activities," said Jeff Spadaccini, camp director.
"Camp is probably going to fill up closer to 150 just that we can make sure we’re getting campers spread out. We can only have a certain amount of kids in a pool at a time."
YMCA issued a statement Friday to address the incident and it said, in part:
"Out of an abundance of caution, we are requiring that all children within that group, as well as those campers' siblings and that group's counselors, remain at home for at least 14 days before returning to camp or visiting any branches within the YMCA of Greater Hartford."
This has been done per CDC and state guidelines. Anyone who came in close contact with an infected person must quarantine for 14 days until the person is told to stop isolating.
FOX61 spoke with parents when camp started last month to commend YMCA for their new rules and regulations.
"It was seamless, they did a great job. They did all the things that we are doing in the hospitals right now, which is great to see," said Annie McAulay of Charlotte Hungerford Hospital.
Campers said they have been able to feel the difference.
"I feel like I was at camp last year but knowing how there is a virus going on."
YMCA will continue to keep an eye on the rest of the campers and keep the children in that pod at home until further notice.