Vax trial to infect volunteers with COVID-19
The UK Government has pledged $61 million for the Human Challenge Program if regulators approve the study

The UK Government has backed ‘human challenge’ trials, where young and healthy volunteers are deliberately infected with COVID-19 to accelerate the development of vaccines for the disease.
The government said it would invest $61.4 million in the studies in partnership with Imperial College London, laboratory and trial services company hVIVO and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.