
The Prosecutor's Office is investigating a possible involuntary manslaughter by omission after the death of a four-year-old child.
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Diphtheria is a contagious disease preventable by vaccination, which is mandatory in Italy. The Italian Ministry of Health emphasizes that there is no relationship between vaccines and autism.
The Prosecutor's Office of Palermo, on the Italian island of Sicily (south), is investigating the parents of a four-year-old girl who died of diphtheria after not having been vaccinated for the crime of involuntary manslaughter by omission.
According to prosecutors, the omission of the diphtheria vaccine – required by law in the country – caused the death of the minor.
The parents had decided not to immunize her or her three siblings, alleging that a vaccine had been the cause of a relative's autism, according to local media.
After the death, the health authorities of the Provincial Health Company (ASP) of Palermo, in collaboration with the Civic Hospital, proceeded to immunize the victim's three brothers.
A cousin of the deceased minor tested positive this Saturday for diphtheria and remains admitted to the Civic hospital in the Sicilian capital.
However, he is out of danger and is progressing favorably in isolation thanks to the fact that he did have the first three doses of the vaccination schedule, as confirmed by the center's medical director, Domenico Cipolla.
As a result of the event, the Palermo Juvenile Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation into the level of evasion of mandatory vaccination in the Zona Expansione Nord (ZEN), a neighborhood on the outskirts of the Sicilian capital, and has ordered an urgent inspection in daycare centers and primary schools in said sector to verify if there are unvaccinated minors attending class.
For its part, the Italian Ministry of Health has once again recalled after the case that there is no scientific evidence or relationship between the administration of vaccines and autism.
In Italy, the official calendar establishes mandatory vaccination during the first year of life (basic cycle of three doses), in addition to two booster doses scheduled at six and twelve years of age.
Diphtheria is a contagious infection that is transmitted by respiratory droplets and saliva.
Its main symptoms include fever, sore throat, difficulty breathing, swollen glands and, in some cases, bloody discharge or bluish discoloration of the skin.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Inspections in daycares and schools in the ZEN zone to verify vaccination.
Very likely · Within weeks

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