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Manchester Metropolitan University halls of residences locked down amid 127 Covid cases... and 1,700 students will now have to self-isolate

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reported last weekend that a number of students were already self isolating at the Birley campus, in Hulme, days after a 100-strong party was reported in the courtyard.Since then, case numbers have soared to 127 across that site and Cambridge Halls, with a number of other students also recording symptoms.

As a result the council, university and Public Health England have jointly agreed to introduce lockdown measures.David Regan, Public Health Director for Manchester, said: “An important part of Manchester’s local response and prevention plan for coronavirus is to keep a close eye on the data and act swiftly and decisively where an outbreak is identified in order to contain the virus.

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