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Norovirus vaccine: Wrexham volunteers take part in vomiting bug trial

Norovirus is one of the most common causes of stomach bugs and can cause diarrhoea and vomiting.

It is particularly active during the winter months causing outbreaks in hospitals, nursing homes and nurseries.

Elderly and vulnerable people can develop severe symptoms.

June Price, 75, from Cheshire, is one of the volunteers taking part in the Nova 301 trial at the North Wales Clinical Research Centre (NWCRC) in Wrexham.

She underwent a variety of health checks to make sure she was eligible and was given an injection which could be either the vaccine or a placebo.

She said: “I think we should we should be involved because how else would they find things like the flu vaccine?

“I think people have helped me in the past, people that I don’t know.

“So I would like to help people in the future.”


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