Korea Disease Service “108 people died after influenza vaccination … 107 people are not causal”



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Entry 2020.11.28 17:20 | Revision 2020.11.28 17:23

“In the 2002 reports of adverse reactions, all causality cannot be confirmed … It is not a situation to consider stopping vaccination.”



Flu Vaccine./Yonhap News

The Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determined that 108 people were reported to have died after receiving the flu (influenza) vaccine this year as of 0 o’clock on the 28th.

The Agency for Disease Control and Prevention announced the status of influenza vaccination during the 2020-21 season and said: “Causation between death and vaccination was not recognized in all deaths reviewed thus far, so that he is not in a position to consider retesting the vaccine or suspending the national vaccination project, I said.

As for the single most reported death on day 19, it was considered that there was no causal relationship with the vaccine, like the 106 previous ones. This is because the case showed no symptoms of anaphylaxis, which appear acute after vaccination, and no side effects were seen in other vaccinists who received the same vaccine serial number at the same medical institution on the same day.

Of the deaths reported so far, 81.5%, or 88, were 70 years or older. 48 people were 80 or older, and 40 people were 70 years old. Those in their 60s or younger were counted as 10 each.

The time to death after vaccination was 68 patients (63.0%) for 48 hours and 19 patients (17.6%) for less than 24 hours.

Of the 108 deaths reported, 48 had completed autopsies the day before and the remaining 60 had not.

13,37,832, 68.3% of the total of 19,583,865 beneficiaries of the national free vaccination program, including 6 months to 12 years, pregnant women, 13 to 18 years, 62 years or more and beneficiaries of pension, subsidy and medical benefits for the disabled. I was vaccinated for 0. Among them, 2002 reported cases of adverse reactions such as fever. The disease administration said: “There are no cases of vaccination and causality has been confirmed.”

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