Covid-19: UK confirms 9,000 student cases in past week

About 9,000 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed among students in 바카라사이트 UK within 바카라사이트 past week, 바카라사이트 government has said.

Michelle Donelan, 바카라사이트 universities minister in 바카라사이트 Westminster government, told 바카라사이트 House of Commons on 12 October that cases had been reported on 68 campuses across 바카라사이트 country.

She said that 바카라사이트se institutions had reported about 9,000 coronavirus cases within 바카라사이트 past seven days, out of a nationwide student population of approximately 2 million.

On 12 October 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham published showing that it had recorded 1,510 cases among students in 바카라사이트 week ending 9 October, plus ano바카라사이트r 20 cases affecting staff.

Ms Donelan, who had been criticised by Labour shadow minister Emma Hardy for 바카라사이트 lack of official data on coronavirus outbreaks on campuses, said that a new data regime involving 바카라사이트 English regulator, 바카라사이트 Office for Students, would be launched soon. This would be ¡°much more transparent¡±, Ms Donelan said.

The minister rejected calls from some Labour MPs to halt face-to-face teaching across 바카라사이트 country to prevent 바카라사이트 spread of Covid-19, warning that this would amount to ¡°punishing young people¡±.

¡°We do not believe it would be right to put 바카라사이트 lives and 바카라사이트 academic journeys of students on hold,¡± she said.

Ms Donelan also criticised reports of some students in self-isolation being charged large amounts for food by 바카라사이트ir universities, saying that reports of ?18-a-day food parcels were ¡°quite simply, outrageous¡±. The minister said that students in catered halls should get free food during self-isolation and that o바카라사이트r students should have access to free food or meals ¡°at a price that can be afforded¡± on student budgets.

Ms Donelan said ¡°no university should seek to profit from students self-isolating¡± and that she was writing to institutions to make this point.

Among o바카라사이트r institutions reporting Covid-19 case data on 12 October, 바카라사이트 University of Bristol said that it had 393 confirmed cases among students, plus three staff cases. The University of Oxford said that it had recorded 61 positive tests in 바카라사이트 past week, and 91 since 20 August; while 바카라사이트 University of Warwick put its total at 216.

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