{"id":56412,"date":"2021-03-17T07:35:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T11:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=56412"},"modified":"2021-03-17T07:35:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T11:35:20","slug":"italy-opens-manslaughter-case-after-teacher-dies-hours-after-getting-astrazeneca-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=56412","title":{"rendered":"Italy opens manslaughter case after teacher dies hours after getting AstraZeneca vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->By Lee Brown<br \/>\nNew York Post<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/4137224153001\/6aIMRO3kiI_default\/index.html?videoId=6240955310001\" width=\"618\" height=\"348\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors in Italy have launched a manslaughter investigation after a music teacher there died hours after getting the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/15\/woman-who-died-after-getting-astrazeneca-vaccine-had-unusual-symptoms-report\/\">controversial AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sandro Tognatti, 57, got jabbed in his hometown of Biella on Saturday afternoon and went to bed that night with a high fever, his wife, Simona Riussi, told Italian media.<\/p>\n<p>She called an ambulance the next morning but the clarinetist could not be saved, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors in the northern Italian region of Piedmont opened the probe into his death later that day, according to the Italian wire service Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA).<\/p>\n<p>They also seized nearly 400,000 shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the same batch.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img class=\"wp-image-17572761 lazyloaded\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/teacher-dead.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/teacher-dead.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/teacher-dead.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/teacher-dead.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/teacher-dead.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"Sandro Tognatti died hours after getting the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/teacher-dead.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/teacher-dead.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/teacher-dead.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/teacher-dead.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/teacher-dead.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Sandro Tognatti died hours after getting the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So far, officials have insisted there has yet to be a direct link between Tognatti\u2019s death and his shot.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img class=\"wp-image-17572763 lazyloaded\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-19.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-19.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-19.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-19.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-19.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"A bottle of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which has been pulled in several countries.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-19.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-19.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-19.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-19.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-19.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A bottle of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which has been pulled in several countries.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Igor Petyx\/KONTROLAB\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The criminal investigation is to be \u201ccompletely sure\u201d that the death \u201ccannot be attributed to the above-mentioned inoculation,\u201d prosecutor Teresa Angela Camelio said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Italy on Monday joined a growing group of mostly European <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/15\/italy-france-germany-pull-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine\/\">nations temporarily suspending<\/a> the UK vaccine amid alarming reports of blood clots in some participants.<\/p>\n<p>They were joined Monday by France and Germany, with the likes of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/14\/ireland-suspends-astrazeneca-vaccine-amid-blood-clot-reports\/\">Ireland<\/a>,\u00a0Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Luxembourg and Thailand having already suspended its use.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img class=\"wp-image-17572766 lazyloaded\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" alt=\"A woman receives the Astrazeneca vaccine at a mass coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination drive-through clinic in Milan, Italy on March 15, 2021. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/sandro-togantti-manslaughter-investigation-after-vaccine-21.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A woman receives the AstraZeneca vaccine at a mass coronavirus vaccination drive-through clinic in Milan, Italy, on March 15, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Piero Cruciatti\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>AstraZeneca \u2014 which developed the shot with Oxford University \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/15\/astrazeneca-says-no-signs-covid-vaccine-hikes-blood-clot-risk\/\">says the vaccine is safe<\/a>, an assertion <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/12\/who-says-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-ok-to-use-despite-blood-clot-fears\/\">backed up by the World Health Organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The vaccine has yet to be approved for use in the US \u2014 but the drugmaker is reportedly pushing for <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/13\/astrazeneca-to-seek-us-authorization-for-covid-19-vaccine\/\">emergency-use approval <\/a>by the end of this month.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/16\/italian-teacher-dies-hours-after-getting-astrazeneca-vaccine\/\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/03\/16\/italian-teacher-dies-hours-after-getting-astrazeneca-vaccine\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}