Italy Opens Manslaughter Probe as Teacher Dies Hours After Getting AstraZeneca Vaccine

Italy Opens Manslaughter Probe as Teacher Dies Hours After Getting AstraZeneca Vaccine
A member of medical staff shows the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine at the vaccinodrome set up in the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France, on on March 15, 2021. Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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Italian officials have begun a manslaughter investigation following the death of a 57-year-old music teacher hours after receiving AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to local media reports.

Officials have so far said there is no evidence of a direct link between the man’s death and his shot.

Jack Phillips
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