UK plan to be first to run human challenge Covid trials

UK plan to be first to run human challenge Covid trials The UK is pushing ahead to be the first nation to carry out "human challenge" studies where up to 90 healthy people will be deliberately exposed to Covid.

The trials, which could begin in January, aim to speed up the race to get a Covid-19 vaccine. BBC News

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