First study to expose healthy people to SARS-CoV-2 approved

78-year-old woman receives Oxford vaccine at UK's first supermarket to administer them
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The world’s first covid-19 human challenge study will begin in the UK within a month. It will involve up to 90 selected healthy adult volunteers being exposed to the virus in a safe and controlled environment. The study aims to establish the smallest amount of virus needed to cause infection.

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