An infectious disease expert says it's normal for a vaccine trial to be paused when someone taking part falls ill
An infectious disease expert says it's normal for a vaccine trial to be paused when someone taking part falls ill
10 September 2020
A volunteer has reacted while trialling a vaccine created by AstraZeneca - in partnership with Oxford University.
Stage three clinical trials, which involve up to 30-thousand people, are suspended while the issue is investigated.
Otago University's David Murdoch says it's very common for someone to coincidentally become ill in such a large trial.
He says there's probably many studies where we don't hear about people falling ill - and it's usually passed off as a chance event.
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