More than 3,000 students have been quarantined in 23 universities in the UK

　　As of the 26th, 23 universities in the UK have confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia. Among them, four universities in Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Edinburgh have been infected with the new crown virus.

　　According to British media reports that day, more than 3,000 college students in the UK have been quarantined. Among them, as many as 1,700 students from Manchester Metropolitan University are in self-quarantine.

On September 23, local time, the number of newly diagnosed new crowns in the UK was as high as 6,178, setting a new high since May 1. The cumulative number of confirmed cases reached 409,729.

The picture shows that on the eve of the mandatory implementation of the "bars close at 10pm" new epidemic prevention regulations, a pub street in London was full of people.

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　　Robert Huffton, chairman of the Educational Choice Committee of the British Parliament, said that the health and well-being of students is the "first priority".

He called on the government and its scientific advisory team to formulate epidemic prevention policies that can reassure students and parents, and warned that blocking students in schools during the Christmas period would cause "great pain."

　　The head of the British National Higher Education Union, Joe Grady, warned that if the British government and universities do not take effective measures in a timely manner, British universities are likely to become the hardest hit areas of the second wave of epidemics.

　　On the 26th local time, about 15,000 "anti-mask and anti-blockade" protesters held rallies and marches in Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park in central London.

　　On the morning of the 26th, nearly 15,000 protesters held "anti-mask and anti-blockade" demonstrations in Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park in central London.

They refused to wear masks and criticized the government's epidemic prevention measures, believing that the government should not take measures to restrict social activities.

　　Protesters held up slogans, declaring that the new crown virus epidemic is a "scam", calling the blockade policy a "tyranny", and some placards also read "My body is in charge."

　　It is understood that the crowd had a certain degree of physical conflict with the police, and the demonstrators were eventually dispersed.

The London police said that crowd gatherings would bring "extremely high risks" to participants and others.

　　This is also the second consecutive weekend of "anti-mask, anti-blockade" rally in London after hundreds of people held a rally against masks in central London last Saturday.

　　Although the British government has implemented a six-person social gathering ban in the middle of this month, demonstrations and gatherings are not within the scope of the "six-person ban."

　　In addition, the latest data released by the British Ministry of Health on the 26th shows that in the past 24 hours, there have been 6,042 newly diagnosed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the UK, which has increased by more than 6,000 cases for four consecutive days, which is the highest level since the outbreak in March in the UK.

　　Earlier this week, the UK began to implement new and stricter epidemic prevention measures.

At present, more than 16 million people in the UK are under strict epidemic prevention and control measures, accounting for about a quarter of the country's total population.

(Headquarters reporter Liang Tao)