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Reuters in Seoul
Thu 22 Oct 2020 07.29 EDT
South Korean officials refused on Thursday to suspend a seasonal influenza inoculation effort, despite growing calls for a halt, including an appeal from a key group of doctors, after the deaths of at least 25 of those vaccinated. Health authorities said they found no direct links between the deaths and the vaccines.
At least 22 of the dead, including a 17-year-old boy, were part of a campaign to inoculate 19 million teenagers and senior citizens for free, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.
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South Korea to continue flu vaccinations after 25 deaths trigger calls for a pause
BMJ 2020; 371 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m4116
(Published 23 October 2020)Cite this as: BMJ 2020;371:m4116
Owen Dyer
A campaign aimed at immunising 30 million people against influenza in South Korea will continue despite an unusually high number of deaths in those recently vaccinated, after the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) declined a request from the Korean Medical Association to pause the programme.
“Our team sees low possibility that the deaths …
Thu 22 Oct 2020 07.29 EDT
South Korean officials refused on Thursday to suspend a seasonal influenza inoculation effort, despite growing calls for a halt, including an appeal from a key group of doctors, after the deaths of at least 25 of those vaccinated. Health authorities said they found no direct links between the deaths and the vaccines.
At least 22 of the dead, including a 17-year-old boy, were part of a campaign to inoculate 19 million teenagers and senior citizens for free, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.
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South Korea to continue flu vaccinations after 25 deaths trigger calls for a pause
BMJ 2020; 371 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m4116
(Published 23 October 2020)Cite this as: BMJ 2020;371:m4116
Owen Dyer
A campaign aimed at immunising 30 million people against influenza in South Korea will continue despite an unusually high number of deaths in those recently vaccinated, after the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) declined a request from the Korean Medical Association to pause the programme.
“Our team sees low possibility that the deaths …
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