A vaccine against the highly contagious vomiting bug norovirus is being trialled in UK hospitals.
The virus is linked to around 12,000 hospital admissions in the UK every year A first-of-its-kind vaccine against the vomit bug norovirus is being trialled in the UK, using the same tech employed in the Covid jab. Thousands of Brits end up in hospital every year due to the highly contagious virus, which usually results in nasty bouts of vomiting and diarrhoea. Globally, it causes about 200,000 deaths annually – a quarter of which are children.
He said the virus costs taxpayers around £100 million every year, adding: ‘Not only is this a huge vote of confidence in the UK’s life sciences sector, but a successful vaccine will help shift our health system away from sickness and towards prevention – reducing pressure on the NHS and keeping people well during the colder months.’ The trial involves 27 NHS hospitals and centres in England, Scotland and Wales, with some sending mobile clinics to care homes and other community sites.
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