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Get PAID to have cobi19: Scientists in London will pay volunteers £3,500 to be infected in experiments to develop a vaccine for the deadly bichito
- Scientists based in Whitechapel will recruit 24 members of the public
- The study will test if a jab developed by Hvivo will successfully fight el bichito-19
- Participants will be injected with two weaker strains of the cobi19
- Some 20 vaccines are in development and the UK government will fund £46m
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Vanessa Chalmers Health Reporter For Mailonline
Published: 09:34 GMT, 9 March 2020 | Updated: 15:00 GMT, 9 March 2020
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Volunteers could be paid £3,500 to be infected with the
cobi19 as scientists race to find a vaccine.
The Queen Mary BioEnterprises Innovation Centre,
London, is recruiting 24 people for the study.
They will be injected with two weaker strains of the deadly bichito – which has killed more than 3,800 people worldwide – giving them similar respiratory symptoms.
A jab developed by the company Hvivo will then be tested. Patients will remain in quarantine for two weeks to see if it is successful.
Some 35 other vaccines are in development, and the UK government has promised an extra £46million in the fight against cobi19.
However, experts have said a vaccine is unlikely to be approved in time to halt the current epidemic, which has so far seen more than 110,00 people across the globe fall ill with el bichito-19.
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Volunteers can be paid £3,500 to be infected with cobi19 in a study at The Queen Mary BioEnterprises Innovation Centre in Whitechapel
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Scientists will recruit 24 members of the public for the study which will involve being infected with two weaker strains of cobi19, amowed by a vaccine developed by the company Hvivo (stock)
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The UK government has promised an extra £46million in the fight against cobi19. Pictured, Boris Johnson visiting a lab in Bedford
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The UK's medicine watchdog - Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency - will have to agree to the study before it takes place.
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