UK gives go-ahead to expose volunteers to COVID in medical trial
LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday became thefirst country in the world to allow volunteers to be exposed tothe COVID-19 virus to advance medical research into thepandemic.
The trial, which will begin within a month, will see up to90 healthy volunteers aged 18-30 exposed to COVID-19 in a safeand controlled environment to increase understanding of how thevirus affects people, the government said.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle, editing by Sarah Young)