Chinese student Xiaoyun Zhang says she would rather stay at university in London than risk restrictions and go home for Christmas.
Home for Xiaoyun is a 10 hour flight and some 4,000 miles away. Some of Xiaoyun’s Chinese friends made that journey in the summer and never returned. So Xiaoyun is planning a low-key Christmas in her halls of residence in south London instead.
"I have January exams so I just prefer to stay here and prepare," she said. "Especially at the moment. I'd need to quarantine for quite a long time, so you probably don't really spend a lot of time with your family if you traveled back anyway."
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