Night Before Free Flu Vaccination … Suddenly Stopped “There’s a Safety Issue”

The Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) announced on the 21st that they will discontinue the free influenza (flu) vaccine for safety reasons. The disease agency released a press release around 11pm that night and said: “There was a problem in the vaccine distribution process and the existing vaccination schedule was temporarily suspended, and then, we will resume it sequentially afterwards. to see the situation to ensure the amount of vaccine “.

This year’s flu vaccine targets about 19 million people, including those 6 months to 18 years of age, the elderly 62 and older, and pregnant women. The Agency for Disease Control and Prevention said: “Vaccines with problems in the distribution process are for children 13 to 18 years old, and vaccines for all subjects will be temporarily suspended to ensure quality verification.” Free vaccination was scheduled to be in full swing starting on the 22nd, but those who were eligible for 2 vaccinations (children 6 months to 9 years old, who received the flu vaccine for the first time in their life, or who received only one doses before July 1) already The vaccine was administered for 14 days starting on day 8. The disease administration said: “We found that there was no problem with the amount given to the children subjected to the two previous doses.” Adolescents aged 16 to 18 and pregnant women were scheduled to be vaccinated starting on the 22nd and the rest starting next month.

The government has increased the number of people vaccinated by 5 million people since last year and the duration of vaccines in preparation for the ‘Twindemic’, where the coronavirus and flu are simultaneously prevalent this fall and winter. Given that there are 29.5 million people, about 57% of the people may be correct, of which 19 million are for free vaccination and 10.5 million people receive their payment through private medical institutions.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced that it will conduct trial tests for items considered to have an effect on the quality of influenza vaccines requested by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “As the vaccines for pregnant women and children under 18 years of age and those who have previously been vaccinated twice, starting on the 22nd, will be stopped, so as not to cause confusion to the medical institutions and participating subjects, we will minimize the inconvenience. “So far no adverse reactions have been reported in vaccinated patients, but we plan to strengthen the monitoring of adverse reactions more thoroughly.”