The company’s vaccine trial is currently on hold in the U.S.
Brazilian health officials said Wednesday a volunteer in AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine trial has died,BRAZIL - 2020/10/04: In this photo illustration a medical syringe is seen with AstraZeneca companyPhoto Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesAnvisa, Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency, said the trial would continue, but did not provide any further...
according toIt is unclear how the participant died, or if the vaccine was the cause. AstraZeneca did not immediately respond to a request for comment fromAstraZeneca’s vaccine trial is on hold in the U.S. after a participant in the U.K. reportedly developed symptoms consistent with transverse myelitis, or an inflammation of the spinal cord. Trials in the U.K. and Brazil have since resumed and Oxford UniversityThis is a developing story.
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