696 people were inoculated even after the decision to discontinue use of the ‘room temperature exposure flu vaccine’

2,295 vaccines continued to rise during the holiday season
“Some hospitals are not separated from paid vaccines, management gaps … The measures stopped are also delivered late”
Twelve people with adverse reactions such as fever and headache.
Even after the government decided to stop using the free ‘room temperature exposure’ influenza (flu) vaccine, the number of inoculations was confirmed to have reached 700.

According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on day 4, the number of vaccines purchased by the government raised the problem of the distribution process as of day 3. It was counted as 2303 the day before, but after some local corrections, the number decreased by eight. Of these, 696 (30.3%) received the vaccine after the decision to suspend on the 21st of last month. The Agency for Disease Control and Prevention said it was because some medical institutions were not administering the government-provided and separately paid vaccines, and that news of the vaccination suspension did not spread quickly. In fact, a hospital in Jeonju-si, Jeonbuk, gave free vaccinations to 60 people who were eligible for paid vaccination.

There is a possibility that some medical institutions have used vaccines for free vaccination in advance, as the number of vaccines went to the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). He said that he tried to enter the vaccine product number (batch number) on the computer network during the free vaccination period after using the vaccine. The fact that it takes a long time for medical institutions to register vaccination records on the real computer network is one of the reasons for the continuous increase in additional vaccines. According to the vaccine administration guidelines of the Agency for Disease Control and Prevention, medical institutions must enter the product number of the free vaccine on the computer network to receive payment. Eom Jung-sik, professor of infectious medicine at Gachon University Gil Hospital, said: “If you inoculate up to 100 people a day, it takes a long time, and there are medical institutions that collect them and enter them all at once.”

Experts say that the situation should lead to better management of vaccines by health authorities, from refrigerated transport to storage in medical institutions. In particular, it points out that a system should be developed that can quickly disseminate vaccination interruptions to front-line medical institutions when a problem occurs in vaccine handling. Kim Woo-joo, professor of infectious medicine at Daeguro Hospital in Korea, said: “The national immunization guide does not contain regulations on contact in case of an emergency.” From day 4, 12 inoculations showed adverse reactions. Of these, five are teenagers or younger. Its symptoms include fever (3 cases), chills, headache, and nausea (3 cases). In one case, pain, bruising, hives, diarrhea, body aches, and throat discomfort also appeared at the site of the vaccine. Sang-Woon Kim [email protected] Reporter So-Jung Lee