One of the first Brits to test the UK’s coronavirus vaccine has revealed the jab’s side effects in the first week of the trial.
Former children’s TV presenter and novelist Simeon Courtie says he has volunteered himself to try out the new vaccine. He is one of 500 people who have offered to be a guinea pig for the trial in Oxford which started human testing only this week.
He appeared on Good Morning Britain today to speak about the side-effects he is set to experience from the vaccine. Simeon told presenters Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid that he will experience flu-like symptoms.
He said he could suffer a fever for several days as well as aches and pains. But he added: "It shouldn't be too disruptive." Simeon told GMB that he is "just a