Covid-19 vaccine trial volunteers will be offered two further doses of an approved vaccine to enable them to travel abroad, the government has announced.
Trial participants previously described feeling “trapped” and “in limbo” over their vaccination status after being turned down for an approved vaccine.
The Department of Health has now said those in England who took part in a UK-based trial should be offered two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab, with eight weeks between the doses. READ MORE: EasyJet warning after couple barred from flight just minutes before take-off due to 'illogical' Covid policy It means trial participants will be able to travel abroad to countries that require proof of an approved vaccine, and be able to get a Covid