'𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵' 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗞 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗷𝗮𝗯𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺

Trial volunteers have been given the first dose of a new plague vaccine, developed by the UK scientists behind the AstraZeneca Covid jab.

It uses the same technology as the coronavirus jab, but targets a centuries-old bacterial threat.

The black plague is, for most, associated with the Black Death that swept through Europe in the 1300s and killed as much as half the population.

The trial aims to test how well the body recognizes and learns to fight the plague after vaccination.