According to Yonhap News Agency on the 221st, the head of a South Korean public health agency said on Wednesday that the injection of influenza vaccine has no direct connection with the recent reported deaths, and a national influenza vaccination project will continue.
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Keong Eun-kyeong, head of the Korean Disease Management Department (KDCA), said at a press conference that KDCA will conduct a thorough investigation of the last nine people who have died from influenza vaccines. "We have not found a direct link between death and vaccines, or a link between side effects and death of influenza vaccines, and considering that there are currently no major serious side effects reports of a particular vaccine, we decided not to stop getting the influenza vaccine."
KDCA said that one of the deaths may be related to allergic shock, a serious allergic reaction that occurs after immunization. Of the nine deaths, the health department is currently conducting an epidemiological investigation of eight cases, including autopsy.
So far, 12.97 million people in South Korea have received flu vaccine. Earlier, South Korea's health department reported that a 68-year-old man in Jeju Island and a 78-year-old man in Daegu had died after being vaccinated. Gyeonggi-do also reported 2 deaths in the injections.
At a medical center in Seoul, citizens lined up to receive free flu vaccine injections (Source: Yonhap News Agency)
Last Friday, Incheon, South Korea 2 A 17-year-old boy died two days after getting the flu vaccine, raising concerns about flu vaccines. A 77-year-old woman in North Jeolla Province and an 82-year-old man in Daejeon Hiroshima City also reported similar deaths Tuesday, both of whom received flu shots on Monday.
The health department said most of them have underlying diseases. One of them died 12 hours after getting the flu vaccine.
South Korea's Deputy Minister of Health Kim Ganglip said at a press conference: "We regret the concerns about free flu vaccines and are investigating the situation with a serious attitude. But first, we must find out the exact cause of the recent death."
reported that so far, 431 people have abnormal reactions after receiving influenza vaccine injections, but this has no causal relationship with influenza vaccine injections. Among them, 111 people had local reactions, 119 were allergic to the disease, and 93 had fever.
A South Korean citizen received a free flu vaccine injection at a medical center in Seoul (Source: Yonhap News Agency) The head of the
KDCA influenza vaccination team said: "Since most people who have received the same vaccine do not have big problems, our conclusion is that these vaccines do not contain toxic substances. We can eliminate the possibility that the vaccine itself is a problem."
experts said it is too early to decide whether to stop the influenza vaccination.
(Editor: WDQ)
