It s my first year at uni and all I ve known is online. We re all holding out for September as the time when our proper uni experiences begins, so I d be gutted if new variants derailed any of that.
Sixth-form students Callum Wootten and Jack Ashman said they were frustrated the Indian variant had arrived in the first place.
Mr Ashman said: I don t understand why the lockdown we ve just came out of wasn t a proper lockdown. We shouldn t have allowed international travel. Now it s here I m not too worried though, because everyone who was vulnerable should have received their jab, and this variant doesn t appear to be vaccine-resistant.