Mass coronavirus testing could be rolled out to universities to curb the spread of the virus on campuses, Boris Johnson has said.
The Prime Minister said the Government was working with universities to establish widespread testing "as soon as possible".
Coronavirus has spread rapidly on campuses, with whole flats forced to isolate in student halls across the country. Mr Johnson praised the progress made on a mass testing in Liverpool, where thousands of people have already taken part in the first pilot.
He told a Downing Street press conference: "We’re also working with universities to establish, as soon as possible, similar mass testing capacity for students up and down the country. "But while we are making progress this project is