Concern in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire about plans to send students home for Christmas
Shadow universities minister and Hull MP Emma Hardy says the guidance around students self-isolate is confusing.
Last updated 11th Nov 2020
Hull MP Emma Hardy has warned the Government's risked creating confusion around the self-isolation rules under plans to get students back home for Christmas.
Travel corridors are going to be opened up between December 3rd- December 9th, and students will be given allocated slots to make the journey home.
But Labour's shadow universities minister says the guidance suggests that students who are living with people who test positive for coronavirus will still be able to go home.
The Hull MP also believes the Government's failed to consider students who have already left. "Many decided to go home once lockdown started," Emma says. "There's a really unclear picture of where these students are and how they'll be getting home."
My dad is at risk- I don't want to give him coronavirus
Jack Wilfan is a student at Hull University who moved to the city from the South West earlier this year.
He's concerned he won't be able to get a test in time, and doesn't want to risk bringing coronavirus home with him.
"The area I'm from has quite low cases," Jack says. "Whereas here in Hull they've shot up. I'm quite nervous about bringing the disease back to my family- especially my dad who is at risk."
The Government's urging universities to start carrying out rapid coronavirus tests before December.
Universities minister Michelle Donalan has promised to increase the amount of testing that will be available. She says "we're targeting that testing in some of the highest risk areas. You can never eliminate the risk, but what we're trying to do is give students the confidence to go home."