Humans will be deliberately infected with the coronavirus as Britain holds the world's first Covid-19 human challenge trials, it is reported.
Volunteers are to be deliberately infected with the new coronavirus to assess the effectiveness of experimental vaccines and to speed up Britain's delivery of the vaccine, 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. Volunteers will be first inoculated with a vaccine and later receive a challenge dose of the coronavirus.
The vaccine to be tested in the project has not been named, but the clinic earmarked for the initial challenge trials is said to