Students have begun returning to universities across Scotland for a start of a "more normal" academic year.
There were several significant outbreaks in student accommodation last year when universities accounted for 3% of all Scotland's cases between September and November.The return to campus this term comes as community transmission in Scotland continues to grow, with 7,065 people testing positive in the past 24 hours, up from 6,368 on the day before.
Vaccination numbers for young adults, who make up the majority of the student populations, are growing steadily with 74.8% of 18 to 29-year-olds now having had at least one. "It is really important that we are able to bring back students and get on with the in-person learning that is so important, not just for learning reasons, but also for wellbeing reason and for inclusion reasons," Mr Sim said.
"But I'm hopeful as well and I think students are hopeful that they might see some form of normality this year." "Given how exponentially higher the cases are at the moment, I really don't think we can be surprised if we are going to see outbreaks in student accommodation," she said. "We do need real caution in terms of returning to campus."
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