Hundreds of university students in Manchester have been told to isolate after 127 of them tested positive for the coronavirus
General secretary Jo Grady said:"We warned last month of the problems with moving thousands of students across the country and the time has come for urgent action from ministers and universities to protect staff and students.
"Students are a vital part of our city, and as part of our plans we expected that numbers could rise as they returned to the city."The rate of COVID-19 spread in Manchester was 185.6 per 100,000 people in the week to 22 September, when 1,026 positive tests were recorded.
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