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#1 Submitted by NJF on December 17, 2020 - 1:59pm

Skimming the study the percentage uptake of testing wasn't immediately obvious, perhaps someone less screen blind has found it?

Covid ‘nearly eliminated’ on UK campus after asymptomatic testing

University of East Anglia figures show positive cases among students declined dramatically throughout first term, with very few cases among staff

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