03/09/2020 - 15:31
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A group of British citizens will charge 3,500 pounds ($ 4,590) for voluntarily infecting the coronaviru s, as part of a worldwide race to quickly develop a vaccine.
The investigation is part of a worldwide effort of 2 billion dollars to find a vaccine against the virus that infected more than 110,000 people and killed 3,832 in more than 100 countries.
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Volunteers will be inoculated with strains 0C43 and 229E of the virus, both much less severe than Covid-19.
The virus has already infected more than 110,000 people and killed 3,832 in more than 100 countries. Graffiti on a train in Milan, Italy (DPA).
It is estimated that fighting these strains that are less dangerous with a vaccine can also cope with Covid-19 and end the global panic.
Experts hope that the vaccine can be used next winter to protect the elderly and those with pre-existing health problems.
Hvivo, the company that owns the laboratory at the Queen Mary BioEmpresas Innovation Center in Whitechapel in East London, is the one that will carry out the research.
Experts hope that the vaccine can be used next winter to protect the elderly and those with pre-existing health problems (AFP).
Participants will be regularly monitored by doctors with protective equipment while in quarantine for 14 days.
John Oxford, a virology expert at Queen Mary University in London, told the media that volunteers will develop cough or cold symptoms , similar to Covid-19.
Before they can participate, volunteers will be questioned about their medical history and will have all kinds of tests and will also be examined to make sure they no longer have antibodies against the coronavirus.
A doctor in Germany doing coronavirus tests on arrival at the hospital (REUTERS).
Andrew Catchpole of Hvivo told The Times that "we have all been exposed to many coronaviruses, which means we could have some kind of immunity against them."
Last week, the British government promised an additional 46 million pounds ($ 60.3 million) for a vaccine investigation and faster diagnosis.
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Look at the specialPrime Minister Boris Johnson is confident that funding will be able to develop a vaccine within one year.
A policeman checking a quarantined point in the Czech Republic (AFP).
The number of people who contracted Covid-19 coronavirus in the United Kingdom jumped to 273, after 67 more cases were diagnosed during this weekend
This is the largest daily jump in the number of cases as the virus spreads throughout the country , also claiming the lives of three people.
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