World's first coronavirus Human Challenge study receives ethics approval in the UK
(UK government press release)
The UK will be the first country in the world to run a Covid-19 human challenge study, following approval from the UK’s clinical trials ethics body.
- First Covid-19 human challenge study will begin within a month, after receiving ethics approval in the same week the UK hits target of offering first dose to 15 million people
- Researchers call on healthy young people to volunteer for the study, which will play a key role in developing effective Covid-19 vaccines and treatments
- Up to 90 volunteers aged 18 - 30 years will be exposed to Covid-19 in a safe and controlled environment to increase understanding of how the virus affects people
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/w...oval-in-the-uk