"Family of Italian woman who died after Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine launch legal action"

"Augusta Turiaco, 55, fell into a coma and died 19 days after having the injection.

The family of an Italian woman who died weeks after having the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine have told Sky News they are taking legal action to establish whether the jab was to blame.

The case comes after 55-year-old Augusta Turiaco, from Messina, Sicily, received her COVID jab on 11 March before her condition worsened in the days following her vaccination.

The music teacher was keen to receive a jab as she worked with young people and even expressed her joy at getting the dose in a Facebook post, writing "fatto" - the Italian word for "done". Despite feeling unwell afterwards, she returned to work, posting two days later to reassure worried friends saying: "Andra tutto bene" - "everything will be alright".

Sadly it was not to be. She developed a high temperature and a very bad headache, before going for blood tests and ultimately scans that identified blood clots.

She fell into a coma on 28 March and died on 30 March - 19 days after having the AstraZeneca injection.

Her brother Nunzio Turiaco told Sky News: "For us it was a bolt from the blue that such a clinical picture occurred.

"My sister was in excellent health, she did not take drugs because she did not have diseases such as hypertension or diabetes." Medical records seen by Sky News showed blood clots had formed in Ms Turiaco's body, including in her brain.Her platelet levels had fallen. These are conditions also found in others who died after having the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

The legal proceedings launched by the family are just one of a number of cases across Europe being mounted against AstraZeneca."

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-family-of-italian-woman-who-died-after-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-launches-legal-action-12278855