After a fake article about her death was circulated on social media, one of the first people injected as part of UK human trials for a coronavirus vaccine has said she is \u201cdoing fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
The article claims that microbiologist Dr Elisa Granato, who took part in the Thursday trial of the vaccine in Oxford, had died following complications after she got vaccinated.<\/p>\n
Following the death rumours, the government later said the article was \u201ccompletely untrue\u201d, and warned people about sharing unsubstantiated claims online, the Guardian<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n Granato was one of two people to take part in the trial, and said she was excited to support the efforts by volunteering.<\/p>\n Following the article about her \u201cdeath\u201d, she tweeted about the news before making her Twitter account private. She wrote: \u201cNothing like waking up to a fake article on your death … I\u2019m doing fine everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n Fake news has been circulating on social media that the first volunteer in the Oxford vaccine trial has died. This is not true! I spent several minutes this morning chatting with Elisa Granato via Skype. She is very much alive and told me she is feeling \u201cabsolutely fine\u201d pic.twitter.com\/iWAtYaSkRZ<\/a><\/p>\n — Fergus Walsh (@BBCFergusWalsh) April 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n