Trials of Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine have been put on hold after a British volunteer was rushed to hospital with suspected swelling in their spinal cord.
UK drug giant AstraZeneca, which owns the rights to the vaccine, announced last night that all studies of the jab had been paused indefinitely while it investigates whether the patient’s side-effect is connected to the vaccine.
This means no-one else will be given the vaccine until an investigation has been completed.