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‘I’ve accepted the risk’: volunteering to be exposed to Covid in new trials – The Guardian
Healthy adult volunteers aged 18 to 30 will be exposed to virus in controlled environment
CoronavirusHealthy adult volunteers aged 18 to 30 will be exposed to virus in controlled environment
Wed 17 Feb 2021 16.57 GMT
Human challenge trials for coronavirus are to begin in the UK, a world first in the global fight against Covid-19.
Healthy adult volunteers aged between 18 and 30 will be exposed to coronavirus in a controlled environment, to learn more about how their body reacts to the virus, how it is transmitted and how much of the virus is needed to cause infection.
The trial is to…
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