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The staph infection that had stayed away from the city but which showed up in Fairfield County this past week inches even closer and crosses into New Rochelle:

Ten members of the Iona College football team have been infected with the so-called superbug MRSA, health officials said on Friday.

The most severely affected student athlete was hospitalized for a few days, and eight other team members and a coach received outpatient treatment, Iona spokeswoman Cecelia Donohoe said.

All the cases have been caught early and were mild, “a pimple or a boil,” she said.

She said the outbreak, which can be spread by skin-to-skin contact or sharing an item used by an infected person, is under control and all team members with open wounds have been banned from playing football.