Brazilian Oxford-AstraZeneca trial volunteer dies, authorities say the trial is safe to continue – ABC News

A Brazilian volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University has died.
Key points:

• Oxford University says that after careful assessment “there have been no concerns about safety of the clinical trial”
• The AstraZeneca vaccine is one of the two COVID-19 vaccines the Australian Government has committed to purchasing, if it is safe
• A source says the trial would have been suspended if the volunteer who died had received the COVID-19 vaccine, rather than…

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