UK to test vaccines on volunteers deliberately infected with Covid-19

Abstract

The United Kingdom is planning to conduct the world’s first COVID-19 human challenge trials, in which healthy volunteers will be deliberately infected with SARS-CoV-2 under controlled conditions to assess the effectiveness of experimental vaccines. This approach aims to accelerate the development and evaluation of promising COVID-19 vaccines, given the challenges of conducting traditional clinical trials during the pandemic. Researchers believe that the trials will help identify the most effective vaccines and provide early evidence of their efficacy, ultimately contributing to the development of safe and effective vaccines against COVID-19. – AI-generated abstract.