Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to allow volunteers to be exposed to the Covid -19 virus to advance medical research into the pandemic.
The trial, which will begin within a month, will see up to 90 healthy volunteers aged 18-30 exposed to Covid -19 in a safe and controlled environment to increase understanding of how the virus affects people, the government said.
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