(ANSA) - TURIN, MARCH 14 - Following the death, which took place in the past few hours in Biella, of a teacher who was administered the AstraZeneca vaccine yesterday, pending the results of the findings to verify the possible connection of cause, in via as a precaution, the commissioner of the Juridical-Administrative Area of the Piedmont Region Crisis Unit, Antonio Rinaudo, ordered the immediate suspension of the administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine throughout the region for investigations on the lot involved.
The Piedmontese Commission on drug supervision was immediately convened to activate all the foreseen procedures.
"This is an act of extreme prudence, pending verification of whether there is a causal link between vaccination and death", comments the councilor for Health of the Piedmont Region, Luigi Genesio Icardi, specifying that "to date in Piedmont it had never been reported no particular criticalities after the administration of vaccines ".
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