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“He had received a placebo vaccine”, underlines in social networks the professor of the LSE Elias Mosialos
«The deceased Brazilian volunteer participated in the clinical trial of vaccine of Astra Zeneca but I hadn’t taken it vaccine. He had received a placebo vaccine, ”says Elias Mosialos, Professor of Health Policy at the London School of Economics, on his personal Facebook profile.
Bloomberg also reported that the volunteer had not received the experimental coronavirus vaccine. The test participants do not know which group they belong to, whether they are receiving the vaccine or a placebo.
The dead volunteer and the dislike with AstraZeneca
One of the volunteers who participated in the clinical trial of the vaccine developed by the company AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford for the disease Covid-19, caused by the coronavirus, died as announced on Wednesday 10/21/2020, the health service of Anvisa.
The service Not specific the citizenship of the volunteer. However, according to the University of Sao Paulo, which helps coordinate the third phase of the clinical trial, he was Brazilian.
However, according to Reuters, the competent authorities of Brazil announced that the tests carried out by the University of Oxford and the company AstraZeneca will continue normally. The Brazilian health service Anvisa did not provide further details on the death of the volunteer, invoking the confidentiality of the protocols.
It should be noted here that this vaccine is one of the world’s greatest hopes in the fight against coronavirus and upcoming developments around the case are awaited with great interest. Finally, it should be noted that the British-Swedish company is in the third phase of testing its vaccine against coronavirus, in collaboration with the Oxford University. The tests are carried out in Brazil, England, India and South Africa. Last September, the investigation was frozen for security reasons, as one of the volunteers had complications.
