A vaccine is to be trialled on thousands of people to find out if it could protect against norovirus - a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea. The easily spreadable winter virus can affect people of all ages and have huge consequences - often closing hospital wards, taking children out of school and keeping parents off work.

It is hoped the new norovirus jab could help lift the burden on the NHS over the busy winter months - here we explain who is eligible for the trial, and when will everyone be able to get it

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.

The jab uses mRNA technology to tell the immune system to recognise a ‘foreign’ protein on viruses and mount an attack.

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