Proposed plans of injecting controlled doses of the virus to healthy individuals receive UK backing

The government of the UK announced plans of investing 33.6 million pounds for studies related to the usage of viruses in regulated doses and injecting in healthy volunteers.

This study will further enable the team researching to unearth however the smallest count of the virus is needed for Covid-19 to affect people between the age group of 18 to 30. The plan titled “Human Challenge Trials” seems to be the next phase of developing and accelerating the process of vaccines for Covid-19.

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News source: LIVEMINT

Update by Tithi Banerjee