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Arizona’s first wave of football players test negative for coronavirus

The Arizona Wildcats began their student-athlete re-entry plan last week by welcoming 20 football players who had stayed in Tucson for the spring semester.

They were tested for coronavirus before being allowed to go through voluntary workouts, and all 20 tested negative, athletic director Dave Heeke said in a Wildcat Chat on YouTube.

“So we’re pleased about that, and again we really feel it’s better to do it in small segments, be able to manage those populations so that we don’t run into these moments where we have to shut down and then try to start back up,” he said.