Kate had travelled to the city to meet undergraduates to learn about how their mental health is being cared for on campus. (Image: PA)Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to get university students back to their families for Christmas despite warnings that rates of infection in young adults were climbing steeply. She was briefed by Student Minds, the UK’s student mental health charity, on the national picture. The duchess met first-year students, sports societies and nursing students, and chatted to them about the effect the Covid-19 outbreak has had on them. She concluded her visit by telling the students she “loved” how mental health work had been “integrated” into university life in Derby.

Source: Daily Mirror October 06, 2020 16:39 UTC