UK to begin first human challenge study on coronavirus

Published February 17, 2021 3:19pm ET



The government of the United Kingdom will be conducting a COVID-19 human challenge study, the first of its kind in the world.

The study involves exposing 90 healthy adults aged 18-30 to the coronavirus in order to establish the smallest amount of the virus needed to cause infection. All of the participants will be volunteers.

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