{"id":40185,"date":"2020-04-24T10:03:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T00:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=40185"},"modified":"2020-04-24T10:08:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T00:38:14","slug":"human-trials-of-a-covid-19-vaccine-have-begun-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/human-trials-of-a-covid-19-vaccine-have-begun-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Trials Of A COVID-19 Vaccine Have Begun In The UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">25,000 people will take part in the first phase of a human trial of a COVID-19 vaccine in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to 9 News:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> Health Secretary Matt Hancock said in a daily COVID-19 media briefing on Thursday that 25,000 people in the UK will be approached to take part in the joint program conducted by the University of Oxford and the Office for National Statistics.  <\/p><p>&#8220;In total, 25,000 people will take part in the first phase, with plans to expand it to up to 300,000 people over the next 12 months,&#8221; he said.<\/p><p>&#8220;Participants will provide regular samples taken from self-administered swabs and answer a few short questions during home visits by trained health workers.  <\/p><p>&#8220;We use these tests to help us strengthen our scientific understanding and inform us on the big choices that we have to make about social distancing measures and how we start returning to a more normal life.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The United Kingdom has started a coronavirus testing program described as &quot;one of the biggest virus infection and antibody studies that (the) country has ever seen.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9News?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#9News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tp43tTzgNh\">https:\/\/t.co\/tp43tTzgNh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nine News Adelaide (@9NewsAdel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsAdel\/status\/1253435981199523840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25,000 people will take part in the first phase of a human trial of a COVID-19 vaccine in the UK. 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