UK scientists working at a state-of-the-art lab are preparing for bird flu to spread to people.
Health chiefs today unveiled a top-secret super lab within Porton Down that aims to boost pandemic preparedness and create a vaccine within 100 days of a new virus taking off.
Top scientists at the site confirmed they are readying the tools that would be needed if the H5N1 bird flu strain — which is behind an outbreak sweeping the world — took off in
British scientists are leading the charge to create a vaccine to halt the next deadly pandemic within 100 days of it breaking out.
Experts are working on a high-security project at Porton Down, the top-secret government laboratory, to develop prototype vaccines to tackle ‘Disease X’ when it hits.
The ambitious target would smash the 362 days it took to develop a Covid jab, potentially stopping crippling lockdowns in future.
Scientists agree it is only a matter of time until the
