Source: People's Daily
On the afternoon of October 23, a doctor was checking for influenza vaccine in a hospital in Nanhai County, Gyeongsang-Nan Province. Source: South Korea's Newes News Agency
People's Daily News There have been nearly 60 deaths after receiving influenza vaccine in South Korea, causing panic among the public. However, the Office of Disease Management said that the causal relationship between influenza vaccination and the above deaths is very low, so influenza vaccination will not be suspended. On October 25, South Korea's Minister of Health and Welfare Park Linghou apologized to citizens who were uneasy about vaccination at a regular press conference and reiterated his position that vaccination should continue.
The South Korean Disease Management Department said on the 26th that as of 0:00 that day, there were 59 deaths in the country after receiving influenza vaccine.
Previously, the special committee member of the Korean flu vaccination vaccine analyzed the causes of death in 26 cases, believing that the possibility of death from vaccination is low and vaccination will continue.
South Korea's Minister of Health and Welfare Park Linghou said that the World Health Organization and domestic and foreign experts agree that vaccination is more beneficial than disadvantages compared with its side effects. South Korean Director of Disease Management Zheng Yinjing also released a set of statistics from the United States at a press conference on the 24th. It is reported that among the people vaccinated in the United States in 2013, 11.3 people aged 65 to 74 years old were diagnosed with deaths within one week after vaccination; 23.2 people aged 75 and over died of 100,000, with a higher mortality rate.
In addition, Professor Zheng Jae-hoon (sound), a professor at the Jiaquan University Affiliated Hospital of South Korea, said that South Korean citizens have higher trust in vaccines than in the United States and other countries, but this year the vaccine has experienced "room temperature exposure", white precipitates, and death after vaccination, which has aggravated the panic and uneasiness of the people.
The South Korean government said that according to statistics, nearly 3,000 deaths caused by influenza and influenza complications each year, so people at high risk are called on active influenza vaccination. Starting from October 26, South Korea will carry out free influenza vaccination for the elderly over 62 years old. (Translated by: Shen Yuhuan, intern Liu Jiayi, edited by: Wu Sanye)
