Volunteer in Oxford Covid-19 vaccine test dies in Brazil; reports say he had received a placebo

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It is the first death reported in the various coronavirus vaccine trials taking place worldwide. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

RIO DE JANEIRO - A volunteer participating in clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University has died in Brazil, officials announced on Wednesday , though media reports said he had received a placebo, not the test vaccine.However, organisers of the study said an independent review had concluded there were no safety concerns and that testing of the vaccine, developed with pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca, would continue.

"Following careful assessment of this case in Brazil, there have been no concerns about safety of the clinical trial, and the independent review in addition to the Brazilian regulator have recommended that the trial should continue," Oxford said in a statement. Trials resumed after British regulators and an independent review concluded the illness was not a side effect of the vaccine.

 

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