Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Jul;28(7):1366-1374. doi: 10.3201/eid2807.212332. Epub 2022 May 31.
Each September in England, ≈1 million students relocate to study at universities. To determine COVID-19 cases and outbreaks among university students after their return to university during the COVID pandemic in September 2020, we identified students with COVID-19 (student case-patients) by reviewing contact tracing records identifying attendance at university and residence in student accommodations identified by matching case-patients' residential addresses with national property databases. We determined COVID-19 rates in towns/cities with and without a university campus. We identified 53,430 student case-patients during September 1-December 31, 2020, which accounted for 2.7% of all cases during this period. Student case-patients increased rapidly after the start of the term, driven initially by cases and outbreaks in student accommodations. Case rates among students 18-23 years of age doubled at the start of term in towns with universities. Our findings highlight the need for face-to-face and control measures to reduce virus transmission.
每年九月，英国约有 100 万名学生迁移到大学学习。为了在 2020 年 9 月 COVID 大流行期间确定学生返回大学后的 COVID-19 病例和疫情，我们通过审查接触者追踪记录来确定 COVID-19 病例（学生病例患者），这些记录确定了参加大学课程和居住在学生宿舍的情况，学生病例患者的居住地址与国家财产数据库相匹配。我们确定了有和没有大学校园的城镇/城市的 COVID-19 发病率。我们在 2020 年 9 月 1 日至 12 月 31 日期间发现了 53430 名学生病例患者，占这期间所有病例的 2.7%。开学后，学生病例患者迅速增加，最初是由学生宿舍的病例和疫情驱动的。在有大学的城镇，18-23 岁学生的病例率在开学时翻了一番。我们的研究结果强调了面对面和控制措施的必要性，以减少病毒传播。
