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(CNN) – A teacher in New York was arrested on New Year’s Eve for allegedly illegally administering an injection that detectives believe was a Covid-19 vaccine, police say.
Laura Russo, a 54-year-old teacher, allegedly administered the vaccine at her home in Sea Cliff, Long Island, about 30 miles northwest of New York City, to a 17-year-old boy, Nassau County police said. in a press release.
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Police also said the boy’s mother had not given permission for her son to be vaccinated. In New York, the minimum age a person can get the COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent is 18, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit group that researches healthcare and others. topics.
After returning home, the teenager told his mother what happened to his teacher and she called police, according to the press release. After an investigation, detectives said they found that “Russo is not a medical professional nor is she authorized to administer vaccines,” so the teacher was arrested without incident.
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Russo was fined to appear in court and be released, according to the press release.
CNN has reached out to the teacher for comment, but has not received a response.
Russo was a science teacher at Herricks High School, according to an archived version of her bio on the school’s website. The page did not appear to be active until Tuesday afternoon.
“The person in question is a district employee who has been removed from the classroom and reassigned pending the outcome of the investigation,” Herricks Public Schools Superintendent Fino Celano told CNN in a statement Tuesday. “The alleged incident is not related to the school.”
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It is unclear how or where the teacher obtained the COVID-19 vaccine that she allegedly administered to the teenager.
Russo is charged with unauthorized practice of a profession, according to police, under New York state education law. You must return to court on January 21.
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