The late-stage trial will recruit about 25,000 people around the world to test the new vaccine from Moderna. View on euronews

He said: “The UK is leading the way to develop a world-first vaccine for this vomiting bug, starting with this innovative vaccine trial delivered through the government-funded National Institute for Health and Care Research.

A vaccine for the vomiting bug norovirus is being trialled in the UK for the first time, with the hope it could cut the “burden on the NHS”, the Health Secretary has said. The new mRNA vaccine from Moderna will enter final stages of testing within the next two weeks,

A trial in the UK will see a norovirus given to patients with the Health Secretary hoping it will cut the “burden on the NHS”.

World-first vaccine for vomiting bug norovirus trialled in the UK - The jab uses mRNA technology to tell the immune system to recognise a ‘foreign’ protein on viruses and mount an attack.

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,