Vaccine trial participant "fine" after reports of death
A number of posts circulated on social media
One of the first people to be injected as part of UK human trials for a coronavirus vaccine has said she is "doing fine", after a fake article about her death was circulated on social media.
The article claims that microbiologist Elisa Granato, who took part in the trial in Oxford on Thursday, had died following complications after taking the vaccine.
The Government later said the article is "completely untrue", and warned people about sharing unsubstantiated claims online.
Dr Granato was one of two people to take part in the trial, and said she was "excited" to support the efforts by volunteering.
Following the article about her "death", she tweeted about the news before making her Twitter account private.
Published: by Radio NewsHub