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

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.