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Scandal over COVID vaccine trial at Peruvian universities prompts outrage

Researchers gave shots to politicians and family members, violating trial regulations — and damaging public trust.
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A clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccines in Peru has sparked outrage and triggered a series of high-profile resignations at universities and in government. Politicians, researchers and some of their family members who were not enrolled as trial participants nevertheless received vaccines — breaching standard protocols. Investigations are ongoing as the country struggles to inoculate its general population with limited doses.

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Nature 592, 174-175 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00576-0

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  • Correction 13 April 2021: An earlier version of this story stated that Peru's National Health Institute suspended Cayetano Heredia University in Lima from running new clinical trials because of the vaccine scandal. It suspended the Center for Clinical Studies at Cayetano from running new trials. Other units at the university are still launching trials.

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