Student boroughs worst hit in Covid second wave

Reports suggest that students in Nottingham, Manchester and Durham were England's worst-hit areas in the Covid second wave with up to one in five people getting infected between September and April. “7 out of 10 worst-hit neighbourhoods in England during the second wave were student areas,” Daily Mail reported mentioning that the infection rate was 18% of the population in Fallowfield, Manchester. The Covid figures are from NHS Test and Trace, which is known not to detect all cases in the community. A study by Cambridge University said: 'The Student Covid Insights Survey (SCIS) shows that students follow coronavirus guidance in much the same way as the general public; however, students were more likely not to have left their home or accommodation in the seven days prior to being surveyed than the general public.'  'The pandemic has had detrimental impacts on all of us, but most harshly on students,' said an NUS spokesperson.