Doctor died from rare reaction to AstraZeneca Covid jab, UK coroner rules

Dr Stephen Wright’s widow considering legal action against AstraZeneca and government

A doctor died from a rare reaction to the AstraZeneca Covid jab in one of the first rounds of vaccinations, a coroner has ruled.

Dr Stephen Wright, 32, an NHS clinical psychologist and frontline health worker, suffered from a combination of a brainstem infarction, bleed on the brain and vaccine-induced thrombosis, an inquest at London’s Southwark coroner’s court heard.