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Safety screens
Since the start of October, a dedicated team drawn from across the University and its Colleges has been running an innovative programme to screen its students for COVID-19. Getting it up and running in time may have been a Herculean task, but its success has been remarkable.
It’s Tuesday morning at St John’s College, Cambridge. Nordin Ćatić, a third year PhD student, gets up as usual, ready to head off to the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy. But today, before he grabs his breakfast, there is one thing he needs to do: swab for SARS-CoV-2 infection.
One Covid-19 cluster responsible for majority of transmission among Cambridge students last term, study finds cam.ac.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cam.ac.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Since the start of the academic year in October 2020, the University of Cambridge has been offering regular SARS-CoV-2 tests to all students living in.