More than 1000 students across Scotland self-isolating

At the Scottish Government’s Covid-19 briefing on Wednesday, students were given a strong warning against house parties.

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More than 1000 students across Scotland are self-isolating in halls of residence following a number of coronavirus outbreaks.

At least 124 students have tested positive for Covid-19 at the University of Glasgow.

More than 600 students are now in quarantine following “two significant clusters” linked to the university’s Murano Street and Cairncross residences.

It is believed the outbreak was largely caused due to social activity at the start of freshers’ week, from September 12-14.

The university is now working with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s public health team to manage the outbreak.

Abertay University: All residents at Parker House are in quarantine. <strong>GOOGLE 2020</strong>”/></div><figcaption aria-hidden=true>Abertay University: All residents at Parker House are in quarantine. <strong>GOOGLE 2020</strong> <cite class=hidden></cite></figcaption></figure><p>In Tayside, the health board is investigating a single positive case of Covid-19 and a “small number” of suspected cases linked to Parker House in Dundee, a private student accommodation.</p><p>Close contacts of the positive case – a student at Abertay University – are being contacted, however as a precaution to prevent the spread of the virus, all 500 residents staying at the halls have been told to quarantine until further contact tracing has been completed.</p><p>On Monday, the University of St Andrews confirmed more than 40 people are self-isolating after four students contacted the virus after a freshers’ week party.</p><p>These new cases brought the total at the university to seven, after three were announced last week.</p><figure class=wp-block-image><div class=relative><img decoding=async src=https://prod.news.stv.tv/wp-content/themes/stvnews/static/images/fallback.png width=1280 height=720 srcset sizes=
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