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You could trial a coronavirus vaccine as UK launches plea for human guinea pigs

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The Government today issued an appeal for human guinea pigs for a coronavirus vaccine. More than 100,000 people have signed up for Covid-19 inoculation trials – but ministers want more volunteers.

They particularly need over-65s, people who are black, Asian and from ethnic minorities, and frontline health and social care workers.

The Government’s Vaccines Taskforce chairwoman Kate Bingham said: "Protecting those at risk is the only way we will end this pandemic. “That's why we are working as quickly as possible to run clinical studies on the most promising vaccines to see whether they offer protection against Covid-19, whilst adhering to the UK's strict safety and regulatory processes – and we need people throughout the UK to sign up to

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