S. Korean teenager in coma after anti-flu vaccine shot

[Treyfish]

SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean teenager has fallen into a coma after receiving an anti-flu vaccine, health authorities said Saturday.

According to the officials in the city of Pocheon, 45 km north of Seoul, the 13-year-old student has now been unconscious for nine days, after being hospitalized with a cerebral hemorrhage. :tiphat:
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2009/12/05/0302000000AEN20091205001600320.HTML

 

[Roehl_JC]

Re: S. Korean teenager in coma after anti-flu vaccine shot

S. Korea starts H1N1 vaccinations for preschoolers

SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea began vaccinating preschoolers against the H1N1 flu epidemic on Monday as part of its efforts to stem the spread of the highly contagious virus, health authorities said.

The vaccine will be given to children aged 5 and younger at hospitals and clinics across the country, according to the health ministry.

The measure is part of increased efforts to halt the spread of the H1N1 virus, which has killed more than 100 people in South Korea since mid-August.

Around 75 percent of the country's preschoolers have made appointments to receive the flu shot, the ministry said.
The ministry said earlier that it will push to vaccinate nearly 40 percent of the country's population against H1N1 by the end of February. Vaccinations began in late October, with priority given to those considered at-risk, such as medical personnel and school children.

kokobj@yna.co.kr

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2009/12/07/17/0301000000AEN20091207000900320F.HTML

comment: we should know soon after this round of vaccinations what level of severe reactions occur. Might vaxx reactions be the result in some cases of the person already having the H1N1 virus when the vaxx was rec'd?