HOUSTON: Forty four students of the University of Texas in the US have tested positive for COVID-19 after they returned from a spring break trip to Mexico, avoiding social-distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The university, which is in Austin, had previously confirmed only 28 coronavirus cases.
About 70 students flew on a chartered plane two weeks ago amid the coronavirus pandemic to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico for spring break.
Forty four of them have tested positive for the virus and are self-isolating, university officials said on Wednesday.
Since most of the students have returne