South Korea suspends flu shots in setback for winter Covid-19 preparations

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SEOUL (REUTERS) - South Korea suspended free flu shots on Tuesday (Sept 22) after reports of problems in storing the vaccinations during transportation, disrupting plans to pre-emptively ease the burden on a healthcare system already strained by coronavirus outbreaks.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SEOUL - South Korea suspended free flu shots on Tuesday after reports of problems in storing the vaccinations during transportation, disrupting plans to pre-emptively ease the burden on a healthcare system already strained by coronavirus outbreaks.

It was not immediately known how many doses were affected, and authorities are looking into the entire batch of five million doses that were scheduled for distribution on Tuesday. So far 118,000 have been inoculated with flu shots and no adverse affects were reported from the vaccination, said Jeong.

 

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