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Free vaccinations for pregnant women under 12 years old resume
On the 22nd, the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) announced the fact that the influenza (flu) vaccine was exposed to room temperature during distribution and a quality test plan, and said : “There has been no actual vaccination of the vaccine.” However, on the 25th, three days later, it was found that at least 224 people across the country received the vaccine. It is noted that despite the unprecedented situation that the national vaccination program is completely suspended, the poor response continues.
On the 25th, the Agency for Disease Control and Prevention announced that some of the vaccines in question were distributed in Seoul, Busan, Jeollabuk-do and Jeonnam, and 105 people were vaccinated. Separately, Jeonju-si, Jeonbuk, also announced that 179 people were vaccinated in the region that day. Excluding the number of duplicates, it reaches at least 224. Previously, when it was revealed that the distributor, Shinsung Pharm, could not maintain the proper temperature (2-8 degrees Celsius), such as opening the refrigerant cart door during vaccine delivery Through a subcontractor, the KCDC provided the free vaccination the night of the 21st. Detained. However, some hospitals that were not duly notified about this received the vaccine even after the government’s suspension. According to the Korean Disease Service, 63 people were vaccinated on the 21st, 34th on the 22nd and 8th on the 23rd. Previously, the Agency for Disease Control and Prevention emphasized that there is no inoculation in the data released on the 23rd day after a briefing on the 22nd.
Vaccine management in front-line medical institutions was also poor. A hospital in Jeonju was revealed to have violated government guidelines for vaccine handling and received a paid vaccination. Government guidelines require individual medical institutions to differentiate between paid vaccines purchased by themselves and free vaccines purchased by the government.
However, the hospital fixed government funding for 60 paid vaccination subjects. An official with the Agency for Disease Control and Prevention said: “It does not appear that the hospital has intentionally vaccinated the public procurement, but because it violated the regulations, it canceled the contract of shipment for the free vaccination.” However, quarantine authorities and experts believe that a vaccine exposed to room temperature is unlikely to cause side effects upon inoculation. “The flu vaccine is filled into a syringe with a killed vaccine and supplied in a sealed state, so the possibility of contamination is very low even when exposed to room temperature,” she said. “No related side effects have been reported.” Joongsik Eom, professor of infectious medicine at Gachon University Gil Hospital, said: “Side effects from vaccines generally occur within 48 to 72 hours. If there are no abnormal cases so far, there will be no side effects. ”On the other hand, the Korea Disease Agency resumed free vaccinations for children under 12 and pregnant women, which were temporarily suspended, starting this afternoon. The vaccine was purchased individually by a medical institution and was distributed by a different route than the room temperature challenge vaccine.
Reporter Kim Sang-woon [email protected]
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