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UKHSA said students should arrange to get vaccinated with their local GP “as soon as possible” or “as soon as they start university” if that is not possible.
A spokesperson for UKHSA said close mixing and confined environments meant campuses “can be hot spots for Covid-19, flu, measles, mumps and meningitis as they present the perfect opportunity for infection to spread”.
UKHSA said students should be up to date with three vaccines:
MenACWY – meningitis and septicaemia
MMR – measles, mumps and rubella
HPV – human papilloma virus (HPV)-related cancers such as cervical cancer