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Rutgers football coronavirus outbreak linked to on-campus party

A COVID-19 outbreak within the Rutgers University football program has possibly been linked to an on-campus party.

According to a report by ESPN, 15 Rutgers football players have tested positive for the virus.

Here are details:




An on-campus party at Rutgers that several athletes attended may have led to the coronavirus outbreak that forced the entire team into a two-week quarantine, NJ.com reported on Wednesday.

Fifteen Rutgers football players have tested positive for COVID-19, according to Judith Persichilli, New Jersey’s state health commissioner.


Persichilli said during a news briefing in Trenton on Wednesday that there have been “several circumstances where indoor and outdoor gatherings in our state have led to community clusters of COVID-19.” She included the party at Rutgers as one of a number of gatherings that led to coronavirus outbreaks.

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