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Original Title: 59 South Koreans Died From Flu Vaccination Moon Jae-in: Keep Fighting, Let More People Fight Source: Overseas Network
According to South Korea’s “Joongang Daily” report, as of the 26th, South Korea has reported 59 deaths after influenza vaccination. Although people are concerned, the government has not stopped. South Korean President Moon Jae-in responded to the incident for the first time on the same day, saying he hoped the public would trust the findings of the health department and experts, and called for the scope of the investigation to continue to be expanded. flu vaccination.
Moon Jae-in said while presiding over the meeting at the Blue House on the same day that through the autopsy and comprehensive trial of the dead cases, it has been determined that there is no direct causal relationship between the dead cases after vaccination against the flu and vaccination.
Moon Jae-in said that to prevent influenza and the simultaneous infection and spread of influenza and the new corona, it is necessary to continue to expand the scope of influenza vaccination. “I hope we do not miss the timely vaccination by being too upset and accidentally contracting the flu with a high mortality rate, which generates a greater danger.”
In addition, he also asked the health department to continue its efforts to quickly verify the deaths and announce the results in a timely manner. At the same time, it is necessary to classify and announce deaths after influenza vaccination in South Korea over the years and related situations abroad, in order to eliminate unnecessary people. Panic.
Since a 17-year-old boy in Incheon died 2 days after receiving the flu vaccine on October 16, there have been cases of deaths after flu vaccination in various parts of Korea. Most of them are people over 70 years old. The shortest is after vaccination. He died in hours.
The influenza vaccine used in the free vaccination program in South Korea is reported to be supplied by five pharmaceutical companies, namely the local GC Pharmaceutical Company, SK Biotech, Yiyang Pharmaceutical Company, Sanofi Group of France and British GlaxoSmithKline. Distributors include LG Chemical Company of South Korea and Boryeong Pharmaceutical Company.
The Korean vaccine incident has drawn the attention of the international community. Late on the night of the 25th, Singapore’s health department issued a statement saying that in light of South Korea’s reports of multiple deaths after influenza vaccination, although Singapore has reported no deaths after influenza vaccination. vaccination, Singapore has suspended the use of two influenza vaccines adopted by South Korea as a precaution. They are SKYCellflu Quadrivalent and VaxigripTetra.
Source | Overseas network