The UK government has defended its decision to allow hundreds of thousands of students in England to return to university for the new term, despite a series of outbreaks of coronavirus on campuses. <br /><br />Students in Glasgow and other parts of Scotland have also been affected.<br /><br />Thousands of students have had to be confined to their rooms, but the Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden, said it was important their studies were not sacrificed because of the virus. <br /><br />A professor of infectious diseases who advises the government and has been studying the pandemic said the campus outbreaks had been modelled and shown to be “entirely predicable”.<br />-----------------------------------------------<br />Social Media: Follow up, please:<br /><br />facebook: https: //bit.ly/3kC5KOb<br />twitter: https: //bit.ly/301sPlv<br />dailymotion: https: //bit.ly/33PmSsT
