Volunteers to be given Covid-19 virus in UK ‘human challenge’ trials, FT says
The FT report says volunteers will first be inoculated with a vaccine and later receive a challenge dose of the coronavirus
23 September 2020 - 17:34
Bengaluru/London/Paris/Frankfurt — Britain will host clinical trials where volunteers are deliberately infected with the new coronavirus to test the effectiveness of vaccine candidates, 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, adding that about 2,000 participants had signed up through a US-based advocacy group, 1Day Sooner...
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