Britain plans to deliberately infect 2,000 volunteers with the coronavirus. This is to be done as part of clinical studies to test vaccines.
The corona virus * continues to spread in Germany and the world.
Research has been
looking for a
vaccine
against Covid-19 for months.
In the
UK
, test subjects for a study are said to be intentionally infected with Covid-19 *.
Great Britain - The number of infections with the coronavirus is currently rising to a worrying level in many places * - including in Great Britain.
On Wednesday, the UK recorded 6,000 new infections within one day, the highest level since May.
The decisive reproduction number, or R-value * for short, is also steadily increasing.
Experts fear that
Great Britain is
already in the middle of the second Corona wave *.
For this reason, the government tightened the measures to
protect against Covid-19
last Monday
- the British are threatened with a second lockdown.
Meanwhile, scientists in the United Kingdom are also working flat out on a vaccine against the
coronavirus
.
UK: 2,000 people volunteer to be infected with the coronavirus
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According to a media report,
2,000 volunteer test persons
in the
UK are
now deliberately
infected
with the
corona
virus.
As part of clinical
Covid-19 studies
, the
aim is to
test
the effectiveness of potential
vaccines
from January
.
This is reported by the
Financial Times
, which cites insiders who are involved in the medical tests.
The
coronavirus studies
are therefore to be
carried out with
scientific support from
Imperial College London
-
but this has not yet been confirmed
by the university in
Great Britain
itself.
A spokeswoman told BILD: “The Imperial College and a number of partners continue to be involved in research
exchanges
on
Covid-19
to a large extent
.
Beyond that, we have nothing to report at the moment. "
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The UK plans to purposely infect 2,000 people with the coronavirus to test vaccines.
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It is also so far unclear which pharmaceutical companies or research institutions
are involved in the studies
with their potential vaccines against the
coronavirus
.
Since the project
is supposed to run
with the support of the
government
of
Great Britain,
according to the media report
, it can be assumed that it has been approved by the Medical Licensing and Supervisory Authority for Drugs (MHRA) of the
health system
.
Coronavirus: UK wants to intentionally infect 2,000 test subjects for study
Not only
Great Britain
, but also Germany is struggling with the spread of the pandemic.
The Robert Koch Institute * is currently reporting increasing numbers of
infections
again
.
Bavaria * in particular and
Munich
in particular
seem to have the
corona virus
currently under control.
Now there is another
Covid-19 hotspot
, where the second highest value in all of Germany was reported.
In order to reduce the risk of infection *, the measures have been tightened again in many places.
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