SEOUL - Public concern over the safety of flu shots has grown in South Korea as the authorities reported 36 cases of deaths after vaccination as at 1pm on Friday , putting strain on their efforts to curb a potential"twindemic" of winter flu and the coronavirus.
South Korea hopes to inoculate some 19 million people for free, especially vulnerable groups such as young children and the elderly, ahead of the annual flu season starting in November when temperatures drop. The police said she probably died of cardiovascular issues, but an autopsy will be performed to confirm if her death is related to the flu vaccine.
Seoul has reported at least four such deaths, including a 53-year-old woman who developed breathing difficulties and died on Wednesday, four days after getting vaccinated. More on this topic Two batches of flu vaccine have been found faulty - one by Shinsung Pharm, which was wrongly stored at room temperature last month instead of being refrigerated, the other by Korea Vaccine, which was found to contain white particles earlier this month.
Meanwhile, the Korean Medical Association has recommended that the vaccine programme be postponed for one week while awaiting the results of the probe.
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