The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

New York teacher arrested accused of injecting a minor with a COVID-19 vaccine

2022-01-04T14:00:53.181Z


Laura Russo, 54, allegedly administered a jab of the vaccine to the 17-year-old without parental consent.


By Chantal Da Silva -

NBC News

A New York teacher has been arrested for allegedly injecting a minor with a COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent, police have reported.

Laura Russo, 54, was taken into custody on New Year's Eve at Sea Cliff after police were informed that she had allegedly injected the vaccine into a 17-year-old boy, the Nassau County Police Department reported Monday. in a press release.

[The year 2022 begins with a new record of COVID-19 infections.

Will the pandemic last forever or is there an end?]

According to the department, the minor had visited Russo's home, where she administered what is believed to be a coronavirus vaccine.

It is not clear how he got the injection.

Police explained that the boy's mother called authorities after her son told her that he had been vaccinated.

These are the measures of Los Angeles for the return of students to classrooms

Jan. 4, 202201: 32

"The mother had not given permission or authority for her son to be injected with the COVID-19 vaccine

," the department said.

The police stated that Russo is not a health worker and is not authorized to administer vaccines.

[CDC Raises Alert Level: Don't Cruise Even If You're Vaccinated]

She was detained without incident and has been charged under New York State Education Law with unauthorized exercise of a profession, according to the department.

Boxes next to Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine vials at the National Jewish Hospital pharmacy for distribution in East Denver, March 6, 2021. David Zalubowski / AP

The Nassau County School District informed our sister network NBC News 4 that Russo has been reassigned from the class pending the outcome of the investigation into the allegations against her.

[Should we give the booster vaccine to children?

An expert responds]

The school district indicated that the allegations were unrelated to the school where he worked and noted that the incident did not occur on any school property.

"The person in question is a district employee who has been removed from classrooms and reassigned pending the outcome of the investigation," the district clarified.

Russo declined to comment when contacted by NBC News 4.

Source: telemundo

All news articles on 2022-01-04

You may like

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.