The British government unveiled a new facility in Wiltshire, southern England, on Monday. Committed to next-generation vaccine research, Make sure that future pandemics don’t wreak havoc on life like Covid-19.
is about the call Vaccine Evaluation and Development Center (VDEC)), on UKHSA grounds in Porton Down, near Salisbury (Wiltshire).
According to details released today, Live virus will be kept in containment facility Researchers will study pathogens for which there is no vaccine, or for which immunization could be improved, such as influenza.
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will also be investigated specific disease, tuberculosis (TB), and they are currently conducting the world’s first phase 1 clinical trial of a vaccine against Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, a tick-borne The disease is very severe in % of cases.
Jenny Harries, chief executive of UKHSA, said they were trying to learn from the problems of Covid-19 so that Prepare the country for any new epidemics.
This preparation was discovered under previous administrations Too focused on preparing for a pandemic rather than other types of pathogens.