Brazil: Oxford Covid vaccine trial volunteer dies

Updated : Oct 22, 2020 06:43
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Editorji News Desk

Brazilian health authority said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University has died, news agency Reuters has reported. The regulator said testing of the vaccine would continue after the volunteer's death. It provided no further details, citing medical confidentiality of those involved in trials, the report added. The Federal University of Sao Paulo, which is helping coordinate phase 3 clinical trials in Brazil, separately said that the volunteer was Brazilian but did not say where the person lived.

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