Public health officials in Austin say more than two dozen spring breakers took a trip to Mexico and returned to Texas with coronavirus.
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According to the University of Texas, all 28 of them tested positive for COVID-19, and all are students from its Austin campus.
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Officials say around 70 students in total flew on a chartered flight to Cabo San Lucas a week and a half ago.
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Authorities have contacted every spring breaker on the flight. Dozens more of them are undergoing testing.
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