Dr João Pedro R. Feitosa, 28, is reported to have died from complications from the virus on October 15, website
G1 Rio in Brazil has confirmed. Brazilian newspaper Globo and news agency Bloomberg said he was in the control group and had received a placebo rather than the test vaccine, citing sources close to the trials.
Dr Feitosa had been treating Covid-19 patients since March in the emergency rooms and intensive care units at two hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Globo said. He graduated from medical school last year, and was in good health prior to contracting the disease, family and friends told the newspaper.