Partying students not following coronavirus guidance when socialising are “on the whole” behind spikes in cases at universities, a Tory Minister has claimed.
Thousands of students have been told to self-isolate following outbreaks at UK universities. Speaking to MPs on the Education Committee Universities Minister Michelle Donelan said while the “vast majority” of students had been following the rules in place to limit the spread of coronavirus, a minority had been “sometimes socialising in a way that is not fit with the guidance”.“ "That is why we have seen some of these spikes on the whole arising,” she said.
Her comment came as another minister claimed that the 'rule of six' was introduced because families were “extremely lax” over the