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. He was in one of the earliest groups of people to be given the jab, and died 10 days after it was administered. After the inquest, Wright's widow, Charlotte, said she is considering legal action against AstraZeneca and the government. She remembered Wright as "the most amazing husband" and a good father to their sons, and said it was a relief to have a "black and white" conclusion. Medical experts told the court nothing could be done to save Wright. Dr Mark Howard, a consultant pathologist and medical examiner at King's College hospital, said scientists and medical experts were not aware of the vaccine's possible deadly side effects when Wright received the jab as it was so early in its rollout, but even at later stages there would have been no way of predicting this "rare and unintended consequence". He said: "Stephen was a very fit, young and healthy man in January 2021. It is a truly tragic and very rare complication of a well-meant vaccination. It's not fully understood why this happens. It's an idiosyncratic reaction. The circumstances arise in a very small number of people."