Johnson & Johnson halts Covid-19 vaccine trial after patient gets unexplained illness


WASHINGTON (AFP): Johnson & Johnson said Monday (Oct 12) it had temporarily halted its Covid-19 vaccine trial because one of its participants had become sick.

“We have temporarily paused further dosing in all our Covid-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials, including the Phase 3 ENSEMBLE trial, due to an unexplained illness in a study participant, ” the company said in a statement.

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