Coronavirus: How you could be paid £3,500 to be infected with rapidly-spreading virus

VOLUNTEERS looking for a bit of extra cash could get themselves infected with coronavirus, as scientists look to find a cure.
By David George
Published 9th Mar 2020, 14:35 BST
Updated 9th Mar 2020, 15:59 BST

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The Queen Mary BioEnterprises Innovation Centre in London is on the hunt for 24 people who would be injected with two weakened strains of the virus – before being given a jab from Hvivo researchers.

Patients would be placed in quarantine for a fortnight while studies are carried out to test the effectiveness of the potential vaccine.

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The study will need approval from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency before it can go ahead.

A fan at a football match wears a face mask as protection from Coronavirus. Picture: Nathan Stirk/Getty ImagesA fan at a football match wears a face mask as protection from Coronavirus. Picture: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images
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The government has pledged an extra £46m in the fight against the virus.

Of the 111,465 cases of coronavirus around the world, 3,883 people have died – a total of 3.48 per cent.

Public Health England (PHE) announced on March 8 that there were eight cases of the virus in Hampshire.

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One case involved a healthcare professional from University Hospital Southampton, who had worked a late shift.

They have since self-isolated at home.

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