{"id":41081,"date":"2020-12-01T15:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=41081"},"modified":"2020-12-01T15:00:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:00:58","slug":"chinara-rapid-testing-launched-for-students-travelling-home-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/chinara-rapid-testing-launched-for-students-travelling-home-this-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapid testing launched for students travelling home this Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>University of Westminster has introduced rapid tests for UK students travelling within the country from their term-time address while Tier 2 restrictions are imposed.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/higher-education-reopening-buildings-and-campuses\/student-movement-and-plans-for-the-end-of-autumn-2020-term\">The government has instructed universities and other educational providers<\/a> to cease face to face learning for the winter term by 9 December at the latest. After this date, lessons, if continued, can be online only.<\/p>\n<p>Students who will undertake journeys within the UK are advised to travel during the &#8220;travel window&#8221; between 3 to 9 December.<\/p>\n<p>Those who do not return home by 9 December will need to undertake a further period of restricted contact either before or after returning home to minimise the risk of transmission.<\/p>\n<p>These measures are taken to ensure that students have gone through the full self-isolation period so that they can return back safely.<\/p>\n<p>University of Westminster have joined the Government scheme and \u00a0is now offering\u00a0Later Flow Tests( LFT) to test asymptomatic individuals.<\/p>\n<p>A student is eligible for test if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>they have no COVID-19 symptoms<\/li>\n<li>has not been tested positive for the last 10 days<\/li>\n<li>plan to visit another household<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Planning to travel away from your term-time address in December?<\/p>\n<p>You may be eligible for free COVID-19 testing, available 30 November \u2013 7 December (including the weekend).<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; University of Westminster (@UniWestminster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniWestminster\/status\/1332345939273670664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/students-now-allowed-home-for-christmas-but-are-they-happy-with-the-advice\/\">Rapid Testing<\/a>\u00a0involves taking a swab from nose or throat to in extraction solution and provide results within hours from the NHS Test and Trace service. The University does not see your test result.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_41690\" style=\"width: 651px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?attachment_id=41690\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41301\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41690\" class=\"wp-image-41690 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/49911020757_574b78f9c1_b-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by: The National Guard | Creative Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The testing service will be available in three locations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Harrow Campus Sports Hall<\/li>\n<li>Marylebone Campus<\/li>\n<li>Brent Civic Centre (only for Raffles House and Wembley Park residents)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>VoL spoke to Wesley Hudson, third year student from The University of Westminster who undertook the test on Monday November, 30.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The testing system was extremely quick, I registered and booked my two appointments via the website. Once I arrived the test was done in a matter of minutes. I didn&#8217;t receive my test results the same day as it had been muddled up, however the university were very helpful and solved the issue immediately. I have now tested negative and will be going back on Wednesday to be tested for the second time&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>For full reassurance, students are advised to take two tests three days apart.<\/p>\n<p>If you a student who is planning to travel abroad, LFT tests are usually not suitable for that purpose. Check with the airline you are travelling with to see which test they require.<\/p>\n<p>For further assistance visit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster.ac.uk\/covid-19-testing-service\">UOW Covid-19 testing website\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/higher-education-reopening-buildings-and-campuses\/student-movement-and-plans-for-the-end-of-autumn-2020-term\">The Government official website\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words by: Chinara Sadikhova\u00a0 | Subbing: Grace Staley<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Westminster has introduced rapid tests for UK students travelling within the country from their term-time address while Tier 2 restrictions are imposed.\u00a0 The government has instructed universities and other educational providers to cease&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":41092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"University of Westminster has introduced rapid tests for UK students travelling within the country from their term-time address while Tier 2 restrictions are imposed. 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