coronavirus to speed up research of an experimental nasal vaccine, a report says. The 18 to 30-year-olds will be given the bug in a "secure bio-containment suite" starting next month with the first results expected by May, the Times said.
It comes as new research published this week shows people who suffered a mild version of the disease enjoyed immunity which lasted at least four months.
One of the volunteers, who reportedly will be paid £4,000 in the "human challenge trials", told the Times: "If I die, better to die gloriously."While Alastair Fraser-Urquhart, 18, of Stoke-on-Trent, previously told Radio 4 that he signed up for the trials to "bring the world out of the pandemic sooner" and save "thousands of lives".Speaking to BBC Radio 4,.