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Are uni students free to travel home whenever they choose and not isolate?

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EdinaMonsoon · 22/09/2020 19:22

Apologies if I am being thick or asking the obvious but I really cannot find an answer to my question.

I'm really confused about what happens when DS returns to university next week. As I understand it, DS will become effectively leave our family bubble and become part of a new bubble with his housemates (4 adults, including DS). If DS wants to come home for the weekend or at the end of term, is he permitted to do so under the current guidelines? Or will he have to come home and isolate for 14 days? I am really confused as to how the govt advice relates to university students and their contact with their families.

If it's at all relevant, he will be moving back to a city which has localised lockdown of some suburbs but not the entire city. Where he lives is not directly affected by these extra rules but I suppose there is a risk he may come into contact with people from those areas.

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ragged · 22/09/2020 20:07

I reckon they can have overlapping bubbles.

Imagine the guys who work on oil rigs: 3 weeks on rig, 3 weeks with family. Because they have a work (school) temp address.

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