[사회]Increase in influenza vaccination with suspected exposure at room temperature 1362 … 489



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More than 1,300 people received the influenza vaccine, whose vaccination was suspended due to suspected exposure to room temperature during distribution.

Notably, it was revealed that more than 120 patients at Incheon Nursing Hospital were vaccinated with the flu vaccine, which is the subject of the research.

Connect with reporters. Reporter Chae Moon-seok

I am concerned that the number of inoculations is increasing significantly during the research process.

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Yes it is. According to data released this afternoon by the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1,362 people received the flu vaccine, whose vaccination was suspended due to suspected exposure to room temperature.

That’s an increase of 489 in one day from the 873 announced yesterday.

Vaccination cases have also increased in 15 cities and metropolitan provinces across the country, excluding Gangwon and Ulsan.

In particular, during the local government investigation, it was revealed that 122 people, more than half of hospitalized patients, were vaccinated against the flu vaccine at a nursing hospital in Incheon.

However, the vaccine supplied to this hospital was a separate vaccine supplied by DL Pharm, a participating company in the Shinsung Pharmaceutical consortium, and the optimal storage temperature, 2-8 degrees Celsius, was found to be maintained throughout the entire period. storage, shipping and transportation process.

Among the inoculations at this hospital, three people, an 86-year-old woman, an 88-year-old woman, and a 91-year-old woman, died on days 26, 28 and 29, respectively.

However, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reviewed the cases for adverse reactions and said the outcome of an expert advisory meeting on the death case was deemed death due to worsening of the disease. underlying rather than association with influenza vaccine.

The Agency says no adverse reactions have been identified in other vaccinated patients at the hospital and will continue to monitor.

The Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said the number of adverse reactions reported so far from the influenza vaccine, which had been discontinued, was added today, bringing the total to four.

The health authorities initially announced that vaccination had been stopped and explained that no one had received the amount of vaccine in question, but it is noted that the number of vaccinations is increasing as the investigation progresses, revealing a major flaw in the general management of the vaccine.

This is Moonseok Chae, YTN from the Ministry of Social Affairs.

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