Dr Scally, an Honorary Professor of Public Health at the University of Bristol, stated during an interview on Newsnight that ten years of Conservative budget cuts to public health had left the NHS incapable of carrying out mass contact tracing at the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak.

In an open letter to Vice Chancellor Hugh Brady, students have called for the implementation of ‘emergency policies’ amid disruption to studies following the outbreak of Covid-19.

University of Bristol Sports Club has announced that the annual University ski trip to Les Deux Alpes has been cancelled amid the outbreak of Covid-19.