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3 University of Maine students test positive for COVID-19

3 University of Maine students test positive for COVID-19

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ORONO, Maine (AP) Three University of Maine students have tested positive for the coronavirus.

University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy sent an email to the school community on Friday, saying two of the students live off campus in Orono and third lives in a fraternity house.

The Portland Press Herald reports that the three students are in isolation and their close contacts are quarantining.

One of the students was tested as part of an asymptomatic testing program on campus. The school said the other students were testing at alternative places.

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