Tuesday, April 23
Shadow

COVID-19: UK volunteers to be deliberately exposed to COVID in world-first trial

A world-leading study has been given the green light to find volunteers who will be exposed to coronavirus in a bid to speed up the manufacture of new vaccines.

It has just been approved by the UK’s clinical trials ethics body, and will see up to 90 people aged 18-30 exposed to the disease in “a safe and controlled environment”.

The goal is to help to identify the most effective vaccines and accelerate their development.

Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog

SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews

Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews and https://twitter.com/skynewsbreak

Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews

Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews

For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps:

Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8

Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB