EXCLUSIVE: Britain has started infecting volunteers with #coronavirus in the world's first study of this kind, the Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed to me.
Since saturday, young and healthy adults are "exposed to the virus in a safe and controlled environment, with medics and scientists on hand to monitor and look after them 24 hours a day", a spokesperson told me.
"The Human Challenge Programme will improve and accelerate the development of vaccines and treatments against COVID-19, and the first group of volunteers have now started the virus characterisation study at the Royal Free Hospital in London."
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