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Spring breakers were seen partying in Florida on Tuesday amid the coronavirus spread.
- The coronavirus isn't putting a dent in some college students' spring break plans.
- They're crowding the beaches in Florida and Texas that remain open, and partying it up on booze cruises in The Bahamas.
- Low-risk groups like young, healthy people can be asymptomatic - and contribute to the spread of coronavirus even if they feel fine.
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The coronavirus isn't stopping some spring breakers from partying.
Florida and Texas, two spring break hot spots, offer an array of beaches for college students looking to let loose and de-stress from school for a week. But their popularity makes these beaches very crowded - and potentially not in line with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's current recommendation to limit gatherings to less than 50 people.
Clearwater, Florida, received heavy backlash this week after videos showed it was packed with thousands of beachgoers. On Monday, Clearwater Beach will temporarily shut down, joining the beaches of Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Tampa that are now completely closed to the public. But other beaches in Florida remain open for spring breakers. As of Thursday morning, Florida has 322 known infected cases of coronavirus and Texas has 220.
South Padre Island, Texas, is also still seeing a strong spring break turnout. On Wednesday, a Michigan couple in their 60s who traveled there this month tested positive for COVID-19.
But students are also traveling internationally. In the Bahamas, where there are currently three known cases of the coronavirus, a recent video showed spring breakers partying it up on a booze cruise.
Here's what spring break looks like in the US and beyond right now.
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