Health
Britain moves closer to COVID-19 vaccine trials that infect … – Thomson Reuters Foundation
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/CHALLENGE-VIRUS:Britain moves closer to COVID-19 vaccine trials that infect volunteers
* Open Orphan’s hVIVO initiates work on virus to be used
* Participants would be infected and isolated
* Questions remain over treatment as fallback option
* Several vaccine developers have ruled themselves out
* CureVac, J&J say they would consider the circumstances (Adds UK government comment, pars 5 and 6)
By Kate Kelland
LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – “Human challenge” trials of potential COVID-19 vaccines, where volunteers are deliberately infected with the disease, could become a rea…
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