UPDATE: Brazilian health authority said that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine had died but the trial would continue

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UPDATE: Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca AZN.L and Oxford University had died but added that the trial would continue

Oxford confirmed the plan to keep testing, saying in a statement that after careful assessment “there have been no concerns about safety of the clinical trial.” Brazilian newspaper O Globo reported that the volunteer had been given a placebo and not the trial vaccine, citing unnamed sources.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-trial-volunteer-has-died-brazil-health-authority-says-idUKKBN2762OT?il=0

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** This post was originally published on October 21, 2020 **