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The reason the government’s free flu vaccination business was stopped was due to the inability to maintain refrigeration during vaccine distribution.
The government plans to inspect the quantity of vaccines in question for quality abnormalities, but if a problem is found to exist, the influenza vaccination plan, as well as the government’s response to the COVID-19 quarantine, is expected. , are affected.
This is reporter Kim Jeong-hoe.
[기자]At the beginning of the year, the government signed contracts with national and foreign pharmaceutical companies to produce and import influenza vaccines for the year.
We saw a problem with 5 million people supplied by the wholesaler in charge of public procurement by September 21st.
[정은경 / 질병관리청장 : 냉장차가 가서 이것을 지역별로 재배분하는 과정에서 상온에 일부 노출이 됐다고 판단하고.]Not all of these doses were exposed to room temperature, but the government has suspended the entire free vaccination plan for safety.
And they investigated how and how much the vaccine was exposed to at room temperature.
It is noted that the vaccine distribution work was carried out in the open air, and the amount of exposure was left on the board for a certain period of time, and the amount of exposure was more than 5 million people confirmed by the government.
However, even such a big problem is almost buried.
[정은경 / 질병관리청장 : 해당 업체가 저희에게 보고한 것은 아니고 다른 경로를 통해 신고가 접수돼 확인됐다는 정도를 말씀드리겠습니다.]The flu vaccine is a killed vaccine that kills the virus and prevents it from becoming active, but refrigerated distribution is the beginning.
[문은희 / 식약처 바이오의약품 품질관리과장 : 제일 크게 영향을 받을 부분은 효능을 나타내는 어떤 단백질의 함량이 될 가능성이 높은데요.]Therefore, the government plans to investigate the entire distribution process, including product inspection.
If you don’t maintain the allowed temperature, you will be jailed for up to one year or fined up to 10 million won.
The trial period is expected to be around 2 weeks.
The government plans to resume vaccines sequentially once safety is confirmed, but if there is a problem, this year’s flu vaccination plan will inevitably be interrupted.
The government’s response to the quarantine, which tried to block the simultaneous epidemic of Corona 19 and the flu, is also expected to be affected.
The vaccine in question has not been used and no abnormalities have been reported in the target population whose vaccinations began in the last 8 days.
Free vaccines have been temporarily suspended, but paid vaccines are available.
This is YTN Kim Jeong-hoe.
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