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People carry out asymptomatic testing using lateral flow antigen at a test centre at Edinburgh University ahead of students being allowed to travel home for the Christmas holidays.
The figures come as Prime Minister Boris Johnson is believed to be considering banning unvaccinated students from in-person teaching at universities in England, which university and student groups warned would “unfairly penalise” groups within society.
The Scottish Government said it had no plans to make the vaccine mandatory for returning students.
However, opposition politicians warned that mass movement of unvaccinated students around and into Scotland could result in a wave of infections. Last year, hundreds of students contracted the virus after returning to university campuses, with many more forced to self isolate.
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