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NY Woman Arrested for Allegedly Giving Vaccine to Minor Without Parents' Consent

Paramedic Bob Bertollo retrieves a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for a home-bound patient in Paterson, N.J., Wednesday, May 12, 2021.
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A Long Island woman has been arrested for injecting a minor with the COVID-19 vaccine without the consent of his parents, authorities say.

The 54-year-old woman was arrested on New Year's Eve in Sea Cliff after police were tipped off to by the boy's mother.

Police in Nassau County say the 17-year-old boy was at the woman's residence when she jabbed him with "what is believed to be a Covid Vaccine." The teen then went home and told his mother, who had not given the woman permission to give him the vaccine, according to the police.

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Additionally, authorities say the woman is not a medical professional or authorized in any capacity to administer vaccines.

The woman was issued a desk appearance ticket and released. She's due back in court in Hempstead on Jan. 21.

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