28 of 70 spring breakers who flouted social distancing guidelines infected with coronavirus
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More than two dozen spring breakers from the University of Texas tested positive for the coronavirus after returning home from a week and a half of partying in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
A group of roughly 70 students in their 20s had chartered a plane for Cabo about 10 days ago, the Austin Public Health Department said in a statement Tuesday. Officials said that some of the students took separate commercial flights back to the United States, which may have led to further spread of the virus.
Upon return, public health officials said that 28 students have tested positive for COVID-19, while dozens more are under public health investigation. Four students who tested positive were asymptomatic.
The students were not under a federal or state travel advisory at the time, noted KVUE-TV reporter Tony Plohetski. But at the time of their departure, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had released guidance to limit "nonessential" international travel.
"A leisure vacation of any kind is not considered essential," Austin public health officials said in the statement.
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