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As the number of reports of serious adverse reactions after influenza vaccination has increased, the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) organized a Vaccination Harm Investigation Team and Expert Committee in vaccination to review the results of the epidemiological investigation and discuss safe vaccination plans.
The cases of death reviewed so far have a very low causality with vaccination, so it is necessary to continue vaccination to prevent influenza, and it is necessary to actively guide the safety rules to vaccinists and quickly share the results of research during the vaccination period. Asked the vaccination specialty committee.
First, I will explain the status of reports of adverse reactions to influenza vaccination.
A total of 1,154 adverse reactions have been reported after influenza vaccination this year.
This is a reported case in which the causation of vaccination has not been confirmed.
The content of the adverse reactions reported on October 23 were 306 paid vaccines and 848 free vaccines, of which 177 local reactions, 245 allergies, 204 fevers and another 480 cases were death. As a rule, 48 cases have been reported and are under investigation.
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Among them, 99 cases of vaccine-related adverse reactions were reported that are subject to collection and collection related to vaccine distribution and white particles, and the main symptoms were mostly local reactions or mild symptoms such as fever and allergies.
Looking at the status of reports of deaths after vaccination, there were 22 people in their 70s and 16 people in their 80s, most of whom were older people in their 70s and 80s. The Committee of Vaccination Specialists held today was attended by some members of the damage research group, and the influenza experts held a meeting.
At today’s meeting, we shared the results of yesterday’s verification of the damage investigation team’s death cases, and we agree that the death cases reviewed so far have very low causality with vaccination.
In the case of the harm research group, the serious adverse reactions after influenza vaccination are typically anaphylaxis, developing acute symptoms within 24 hours As a result of the harm research group investigation for each case of individual death, other factors that can lead to death, such as temporal proximity, underlying disease, or autopsy results. Direct causality between death and vaccination was considered very low in the 26 cases examined.
In addition, for revalidation, suspension of use or lockdown measures, it was the standard of review in the case of two or more serious adverse reactions that cannot be excluded from the causality of vaccination among vaccination cases with the same serial number .
There are no cases yet, and reports are continually being reported, so we will continue to monitor for adverse reactions by serial number and investigate causal relationships.
In reviewing the death cases thus far, it is not a step to consider retesting the vaccine or suspending the national vaccination business. Collected Opinions.
Meanwhile, according to the results of 20 provisional autopsies performed by the National Police Agency and the National Institute of Scientific Research, 13 cases included cardiovascular disease in 8 patients as a result of the first autopsy, including cardiovascular diseases such as aortic dissection or heart attack. of myocardium, and cerebrovascular disease 2 People, cerebral hemorrhage, etc.
Additionally, there have been 3 findings of other suspicious deaths and additional tests are being conducted to confirm the ultimate cause of death.
After exhaustively reviewing these findings, the Vaccination Committee emphasized the importance of influenza vaccination to reduce the risk of simultaneous outbreaks under the corona epidemic19.
The influenza vaccination project was carried out according to the original schedule, but we advise ourselves to carry it out so that the elderly can sufficiently exemplify vaccination and observe adverse reactions after vaccination and monitor their health.
The level of influenza epidemic this year is still lower than in previous years, and there is a high possibility that the epidemic period will be a little later, so it is necessary to provide a safe vaccination instead of rushing to vaccination.
Vaccine recipients are advised to get the vaccine on a good day.
Drink plenty of fluids while you wait for the vaccination, and be sure to tell your healthcare provider about your painful symptoms or your usual chronic illness or history of allergies during the previous diagnosis.
Even after vaccination, be sure to observe any adverse reactions in a medical institution for 15 to 30 minutes and take precautions for safe vaccination, such as taking a break on the day of vaccination to avoid harming the body.
In the case of influenza vaccination, after vaccination, the vaccination site may be painful or reddened, swollen, inflamed, muscle pain, and minor adverse reactions such as fever and nausea may appear temporarily after vaccination.
Most of these minor abnormalities improve within a day or two.
However, if you experience shortness of breath, hives, or severe dizziness after vaccination, we also recommend that you seek medical attention immediately.
After vaccination, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) immediately conducts an epidemiological investigation on cases of serious adverse reactions reported after vaccination, and continues to investigate and monitor the safety of the vaccination through professional review by the harm investigation team, and in a manner that is transparent to the public and vaccination medical institutions about the results. I will guide you through the information.
As part of the quarantine authorities, he said he regrets that problems such as the distribution of vaccines and white particles occurred in the national flu vaccination process, and that public anxiety has increased as the number of serious adverse reactions has increased. and reports of deaths in recent years. I will give you.
We will do our best to investigate the cause and report the correct information through prompt investigation. However, the reports of adverse reactions after vaccination that we report every day are statistics of reports that have not yet been found related to vaccines or vaccines.
We ask for your cooperation in interpreting it carefully so as not to confuse it with death by vaccination.
We will investigate more quickly and disclose information in a transparent manner.
In the case of influenza, influenza itself is a very serious infectious disease like Corona 19, in which 3,000 people die each year from complications or influenza infection in Korea.
The World Health Organization and national experts should also recommend vaccination, especially for high-risk groups.
The benefits of vaccination are much greater.
This year, since the influenza and Corona 19 epidemic can simultaneously be an epidemic in such a special situation, vaccination targets will be required to follow safe vaccination rules and receive vaccinations.
Our quarantine authorities also thoroughly investigated the reported cases and reviewed them intensively with experts so that people’s anxiety and suspicions could be quickly resolved, to see if the problem is caused by vaccination, if it is causal and what the problems are. We will do more to communicate information quickly and transparently to the public and medical staff while actively reviewing and taking necessary action.
[사회자]From now on, I will have a question and answer time.
We will present the experts present.
Kim Joong-gon, emeritus professor at Seoul Medical University, is currently the head of the Vaccination Harm Research Group.
Then I will first ask the question that I got from the entrance reporter. You gave me a lot of things, but I’ll adjust the order a bit and ask.
The first question. If the cause of death of those who died after vaccination is not related to the vaccine, there is a question asking what caused the death and how the cause of death was concluded. For this question, I will explain the results of the meeting of the Vaccination Harm Research Group held yesterday by Professor Kim Joong-gon, as well as the results and evidence of the causal judgment between vaccines and death.
[김중곤 교수]Our research team reviewed the causal relationship to the vaccine for cases in which death was reported after three influenza vaccines.
As a result of the review, we concluded that of the twenty-six reported cases of death, six were unrelated to the vaccine, and the other 20 people were in a situation where the relationship to the vaccine could not be proven with precision. We decided there was little relationship between the vaccine and death.
The reason I judged there was little was the procedure for our investigation team and the CDC to come to a conclusion on this.
So, we have concluded by following the procedure, but first, I will briefly introduce the procedure.
At the first hearing, we will review the documents and other information.
Then the autopsy findings are added. When the cause of death is clearly determined through the primary autopsy, it is concluded.
So the reason six out of twenty-six people today judged that there was no causal relationship was based on the judgment that the results of the first autopsy were unrelated to the vaccine and death.
The autopsy was performed at the Gugak Tree.
If the first autopsy does not reveal any special findings, a second autopsy is performed.
We will do a review and use the results to judge causation again.
Currently, in most cases, some are in the first stage and others in the second stage.
So, by synthesizing the results of the first and second autopsy, our research team will also supplement the additional data in the document and again reach a final conclusion.
So now, for six people, we have concluded that the cause of death has nothing to do with the vaccine, and the remaining twenty have concluded that the vaccine did not cause death, but we are awaiting the results of the autopsy to determine the more precise cause of death.
So when the autopsy results are added, the final decision will be made.
However, our current conclusion is that we have decided that there is no direct relationship to the deaths of those who received the vaccine.
