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SUMMARY:SARS-CoV-2 infection in UK university students: Lessons from Septe
 mber-December 2020 and modelling insights for future student return - Dr E
 dward Hill\, University of Warwick
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CONTACT:Dr Ciara Dangerfield
DESCRIPTION:The UK Higher Education sector poses unique challenges for COV
 ID-19 control. Multiple universities experienced outbreaks at the start of
  the 2020/2021 academic year\, although the scale of outbreaks varied cons
 iderably. We present a synthesis of work on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in hig
 her education settings\, produced by the COVID-19 and Higher Education Wor
 king Group at the Isaac Newton Institute (INI)\,  consisting of participan
 ts from several institutions.\nFirst\, we use observations from early in t
 he 2020/2021 academic year to investigate transmission between universitie
 s and the wider community\, both at the start of term and during outbreaks
  in universities\, and also consider risk factors for infection within uni
 versities in terms of accommodation structures.\nSecond\, using a multiple
  models we explore some of the proposed control measures for reopening and
  keeping open universities in the face of an ongoing pandemic\, namely sta
 ggering the return of students at the start of term\, and also virus testi
 ng strategies at the start and during term.\nPreprint URL: https://www.new
 ton.ac.uk/files/preprints/ni20004.pdf
LOCATION:Meeting room 15\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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