TRIBUNTERNATE.COM – Number of residents South Korea (South Korea) who died after receiving the flu vaccine continues to grow.
According to official government reports South Korea and local media, at least 13 residents South Korea has passed away after receiving flu shots in the last few days.
This raises concerns about vaccine safety even as the authorities rule the link.
Reuters preach, health authorities South Korea said on Wednesday it had no plans to suspend a program to free inject about 19 million people after a preliminary investigation of the six deaths found no direct link to a vaccine.
According to officials, no toxic substances have been found in the vaccine, and at least five of the six people investigated have an underlying disease condition.
Officials have reported nine deaths after flu vaccination and Yonhap news agency reported another four on Thursday.
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The deaths, including a 17-year-old boy and a man in his 70s, occurred just a week after the free flu vaccination program for teens and the elderly had restarted.
The program was suspended for three weeks after it was found that about 5 million doses, which needed to be refrigerated, had been exposed to room temperature while being transported to medical facilities.
Vaccine South Korea come from various sources. Manufacturers include local drugmaker GC Pharma, SK Bioscience and Ilyang Pharmaceutical Co, along with France’s Sanofi and UK’s Glaxosmithkline. Distributors include LG Chem Ltd and Boryung Biopharma Co. Ltd., a unit of Boryung Pharm Co. Ltd.
GC Pharma, LG Chem, SK Bioscience and Boryung declined to comment. Ilyang Pharmaceutical, Sanofi and GSK could not immediately be reached for comment.
South Korea has extended its seasonal vaccine program this year to ward off potential Covid-19 complications that could overwhelm hospitals during winter.
Officials say 8.3 million people have been inoculated with the free flu vaccine since resuming on October 13, with reports of about 350 cases of adverse reactions.
According to Yonhap news agency, the highest number of deaths related to seasonal flu vaccination was six in 2005. Officials say it is difficult to make comparisons with previous years because more people are using the vaccine this year.
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