Volunteer in Oxford Covid Vaccine Test Dies in Brazil: Officials

• Volunteer in Oxford Covid Vaccine Test Dies in Brazil: Officials
  by https://www.todayonline.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 Wednesday (Oct 21), though media reports said he had received a placebo, not the test vaccine. It is the first death reported in the various coronavirus vaccine trials taking place worldwide.
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  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.
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  Media reports said the volunteer was a 28-year-old doctor working on the front lines of the pandemic who died of complications from Covid-19.
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