ST ANDREWS: In Scotland, the University of St Andrews sports hall is transformed into a mass coronavirus testing centre. As an unusual term arrives at a close and Christmas holidays are drawing closer, Scotland files in and out coronavirus tests for students.

Fiona Waddell 19-year-old psychology student makes a statement saying, "It's a huge piece of mind just to be able to go home and be with my family, knowing that everything is safe," before the centre opens for testing on Saturday. The centuries-old university has set up the centre as part of a rollout for coronavirus tests for students on Scotland's northeast coast before the end of the term. One of the million lateral flow test kits have been provided to Scotland by the UK government and it will remain open until December 18. All want to minimise the chance of spreading the virus as they travel for which students in England and Wales have been asked to return home during a week-long travel window after taking coronavirus tests. Results from the lateral flow tests will be shown within 30 minutes and processed and sent to students within 24 hours.

Alastair Merrill, vice-principal for governance at St Andrew's, said the asymptomatic testing initiative meant when students returned home they can "keep their families and communities safe when they do so". A survey by the St Andrews Students' Association found some 80 per cent of students are planning to go home for the holidays.

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