Four universities account for half of COVID-19 cases

More than 10,000 university students have been infected with coronavirus since the autumn term began, as thousands remains stranded in their halls on COVID-19-hit campuses, write Dean Kirby and David Parsley for iNews.

Figures published by the University and College Union show more than 40 universities have reported cases. Just four universities – Nottingham, Manchester, Northumbria and Newcastle – account for more than half of the figures.

Jo Grady, general secretary of the union, said: “What we are seeing now is a predictable and preventable crisis that ministers and universities chose not to do more to constrain.”
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