Cuomo: No Decision On Summer Camps, But Schools Can Plan For Fall Reopening

No decision has been made on whether summer day camps can reopen, but schools will be given guidelines in June to begin planning for a potential reopening in September, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said today, Times Union reports.

“I don’t know whether or not they should reopen yet. … We’ll make a decision on the fall reopening in a timely way,” Cuomo said. We’re telling them go ahead, do your plans … give us those plans by July.”

The governor, during a daily coronavirus task force briefing in Manhattan, said a syndrome that is similar to Kawasaki disease that has afflicted 157 children across the state has made his administration hesitate to make a decision on reopening summer day camps for children. A decision on schools, he added, will not be made until well into the summer months.

“Should I send my children to day camp? Is it safe? Until we have this answer on this pediatric syndrome; as a parent, until I know how widespread this is, as a parent I would not send my children to day camp,” he said. “They’re still exploring this. So, make a decision on the facts. What do you do when they keep changing the facts?” Read more at Times Union.

{Matzav.com}