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Confirmed by external report … Sequential supply after quality check
“Two doses from day 8 are not a problem X … there are no adverse reactions”
Commissioner Jeong Eun-kyung briefing today at 10:00 … “Minimize the inconvenience”
The flu-free winter vaccination plan, scheduled for the 22nd, was temporarily suspended after a management problem was discovered in the vaccine distribution process.
In the process of transferring supplies to children and adolescents from 13 to 18 years old to a transport vehicle, it was confirmed that the maintenance principle of 2-8 degrees was not followed and vaccination was stopped for quality verification.
However, it was found that there was no problem with the amount given to children who had been vaccinated first from day 8 for the 2nd vaccination, and no adverse reactions have yet occurred.
On the 22nd, the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discovered a problem in the distribution process of an influenza vaccine procurement contractor and suspended the national influenza vaccination project for pregnant women under 18 years, which was originally scheduled to begin. This is part of the offer of children and adolescents from 13 to 18 years old prepared to start the national vaccination against influenza.
An official from the Agency for Disease Control and Prevention explained the history of the suspension of vaccines, saying: “It should be kept between 2 and 8 degrees during the time the vaccine is transferred from the vehicle to another vehicle, but we have recognized the process that deviated from 2 to 8 degrees “. The disease agency communicated with this fact through external reports and confirmed the fact of the exposure to room temperature.
Although no problem has been found in the quality of the volume of the vaccine itself, it is decided to resume the supply after checking for any quality abnormality in case it is exposed to room temperature for a short time.
The Agency for Disease Control and Prevention immediately stopped supplying the company with influenza vaccine and plans to resume supplying vaccines that have already been supplied sequentially if quality is verified.
The Ministry of Food and Pharmaceutical Safety, requested by the Testing and Inspection Agency, conducts tests and inspections on items that are considered to have an effect on quality.
This time, the number of problems found in the distribution process is the quantity supplied to children between 13 and 18 years old, not the quantity of vaccine supplied to children with double vaccination from day 8. For those under 9 years of age When they are first vaccinated against influenza, they must be vaccinated twice at least 4 weeks apart to cause an antibody reaction.
Adverse reactions between vaccines have not yet been reported.
Commissioner Eun-kyung Jeong said, “There have been no cases of adverse reactions to vaccines so far,” but said, “We plan to strengthen the monitoring of adverse reactions further.”
Commissioner Chung is scheduled to hold a briefing with the Ministry of Food and Pharmaceutical Safety regarding the temporary suspension of the vaccination business at 10 am on the day at the Osong Disease Office in Chungbuk, and will explain the related matters.
Although there was no direct anomaly, the influenza vaccine vaccination plan, which decided to secure additional quantities and expand it to free vaccination targets to block the simultaneous outbreak of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in the fall, it seems be inevitable.
In general, it is recommended that the flu vaccination start in mid-September and be vaccinated until November, considering that the epidemic period and the effect appear two weeks after vaccination. The notice of last year’s flu outbreak was issued on November 15.
Initially, the Agency for Disease Control and Prevention planned to provide free winter flu vaccination for children under the age of 18 and for pregnant women and young adults.
This year, in preparation for the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and the simultaneous outbreak, the influenza vaccine increased 24% compared to the volume of distribution and 36% compared to the amount used to ensure a total of 2 , 96 million doses. It is a scale that can be vaccinated by 57% of the entire population, and the amount compared to the population is greater than Australia (42.6%) and New Zealand (35.4%).
The number of free mandatory vaccinations also increased from 13.81 million last year to 19 million people. The school-age vaccination subjects ranged from 12 to 18 years and the elderly from 65 to 62 years.
The intensive vaccination period is from 22 to 29 for high school students from 16 to 18 years old, from October 5 to 12 for high school students from 13 to 15 years old and from October 19 to 30 for primary students from 7 to 12 years. Advised.
Pregnant women can be vaccinated regardless of the number of weeks of pregnancy starting on day 22, and breastfeeding mothers can also be vaccinated after delivery. When pregnant women are infected with influenza, the risk of complications is higher than that of the general population, and when they are vaccinated during pregnancy, the antibodies are transmitted to the fetus to the placenta, and therefore, has the effect of protect children under 6 months, who cannot be vaccinated.
Those over 62 years of age (born before December 31, 1958) are vaccinated in stages starting with the elderly in October. Vaccines are available for those 75 and older starting October 13, October 20 for those 70 to 74 and October 27 at 62 to 69 years.
Commissioner Jeong Eun-kyung said: “As vaccines for pregnant women, children under 18 years of age and those who have been vaccinated twice previously have been stopped, we will guide participating medical institutions and subjects to avoid confusion and minimize inconvenience”.
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