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Original title: More than 600 confirmed cases! Covid-19 outbreak in 32 UK universities, thousands of students self-isolate
The fall of the university coincides with the second epidemic in Europe. As one of the most popular destinations for Chinese students in the UK, there are currently at least 32 universities with confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection, and another university has suspected cases. Thousands of students must isolate themselves.
According to British media reports, as of September 27 local time, statistics show that since the beginning of September, British universities have confirmed more than 640 cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia among students, faculty and staff.。
The Manchester Metropolitan University (Manchester Metropolitan University) has asked about 1,700 students to self-isolate after 127 cases were diagnosed.
The University of Glasgow, where the outbreak is most severe, has 172 confirmed casesTherefore, more than 600 students were required to isolate themselves in the dormitory. The school agreed to refund the student’s one-month rent and provide 50GBPFood expenses. During the students’ isolation period, the school will provide food boxes, as well as cleaning supplies, bedding, and towels.
According to local health authorities, 120 students from Edinburgh Napier University in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, tested positive for the new corona virus, Queen Margaret University and the University of Edinburgh. More than 5 students have been diagnosed with infection.
An alleged outbreak has occurred at Parker House, a student dormitory in the coastal town of Dundee, in Scotland’s eastern coastal city, resulting in approximately 500 students from the University of Abertay and the University of Dundee being quarantined. . So far, three of the students have tested positive.
At the University of Liverpool in England, the number of confirmed cases has risen from 87 to 108.
Currently, in the most affected universities, although the proportion of students who have tested positive is only a small percentage of the total number of students.However, the University and College Union warned that since Scottish institutions start school earlier than other parts of the UK, if steps are not taken to limit the spread of the virus, the outbreak in Scotland may be repeated in other parts of the UK. .
Mary Senior, a Scottish official at the Union of University Colleges in the UK, said that previously, professors at the University of Edinburgh and the University of St Andrews had to provide “a great deal” of offline teaching under hourly pressure. . Currently, both universities have confirmed cases.
“It’s too confusing,” Senil said. “The Scottish government should have clearer guidelines and universities should use online learning as the default option.”
It is not just the government that expects students to return to school. James Yucel, a student at the University of Glasgow, once petitioned the government to request that if students have moved close to campus, they cannot put courses online.
Since moving to Glasgow, he has spent thousands of pounds on living expenses and hopes that at least part of his courses will be delivered offline. Due to the outbreak, a large number of students moved out, James Yousell and some other students asked the school to reduce tuition rates by 15%.
The UK’s National Union of Students believes that the government encourages students to return to school is “taking students’ lives as a gamble” because the virus can spread rapidly in student dormitories.
The British government’s science advisor suggested that if an outbreak occurs, students may have to stay in the dormitory over Christmas. Larissa Kennedy, President of the British National Federation of Students, commented: This suggestion is “very embarrassing.”
Kennedy said: “Student housing conditions are not good. Some dormitories are like snail dwellings. Some students need to share bathrooms and kitchens with 15 roommates. Therefore (always isolated in the dormitory) it is not feasible. .. We need a plan. That those students who have the right to leave school safely “
The universities that have confirmed cases are:
University of Aberdeen (University of Aberdeen)
Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen (Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen)
University of Dundee (University of Dundee)
Abertay University, Dundee (Abertay University, Dundee)
University of St Andrews (Fife)
University of Stirling (University of Stirling)
University of Glasgow (University of Glasgow)
Glasgow Caledonian University (Glasgow Caledonian University)
Edinburgh Napier University (Edinburgh Napier University)
University of Edinburgh (University of Edinburgh)
Queen Margaret University, East Lothian (Queen Margaret University, East Lothian)
University of Sunderland (University of Sunderland)
Durham University (Durham University)
York St John University (York St John University)
University of Leeds
University of Hull
Liverpool University
University of Salford (University of Salford)
Manchester Metropolitan University (Manchester Metropolitan University)
University of Staffordshire (University of Staffordshire)
De Montfort University, Leicester (De Montfort University, Leicester)
Aston University (Birmingham)
Coventry University
University of Warwick (University of Warwick)
Oxford Brookes University (Oxford Brookes University)
Kent University
Portsmouth University
University of Exeter (University of Exeter)
Bath University
University of the West of England, Bristol (University of the West of England, Bristol)
University of South Wales
Swansea University
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