Coronavirus: Call to infect volunteers in Covid-19 vaccine hunt

Coronavirus: Call to infect volunteers in Covid-19 vaccine hunt Nobel laureates are among scientists calling for volunteers to be exposed to coronavirus after receiving a vaccine to see if it offers protection.

They signed an open letter to the head of the US National Institutes of Health, saying these "challenge trials" could accelerate vaccine development.

The Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine programme's director said such studies should be "feasible and informative". BBC News

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