The UK government completed another roll-out of requirements for TB screenings for immigrants from more than 50 countries including Nigeria, South Korea, Russia and the Ukraine last month. Students and other migrants travelling to the UK from the 52 countries countries will have to be tested for tuberculosis before applying for a visa the home office announced last month.

The UK government is to extend pre-entry tuberculosis (TB) screening to an additional 67 countries identified as having 'high incidence' of the disease by the World Health Organisation. Some of these countries, such as China, Korea, Nigeria and Kazakhstan, represent important student source countries.