Agreement yet to be reached with universities as clock ticks towards Christmas ‘travel window’
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Concerns have been raised about government plans for mass Covid-19 testing of students before Christmas, with agreement yet to be reached with universities and one warning it would be impossible to test every student.
With the clock ticking down to a designated six-day “travel window” which students will be asked to use, ongoing talks between civil servants and vice-chancellors are trying to hammer out issues such as whether independent testing already in place at universities can be aligned with the plan.
