UK to host 'human challenge' trials for Covid-19 vaccines

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Volunteers would be deliberately infected with the virus to assess the effectiveness of experimental vaccines. FMTNews Covid19

PM Boris Johnson has announced a range of new restrictions to combat the rise of Covid-19 cases in England.

LONDON: The UK will host clinical trials where volunteers would be deliberately infected with the new coronavirus to assess the effectiveness of experimental vaccines, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people involved in the project. The government-funded project is expected to begin in January at a quarantine facility in London, the report said.

FT reported that volunteers will be first inoculated with a vaccine and later receive a challenge dose of the coronavirus, without naming the vaccine that would be tested in the project.

 

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