Amid controversy over the number of deaths after flu vaccination in South Korea, health authorities in Singapore have recommended stopping vaccinations for both vaccines.



Local media such as the Daily Straits Times reported on the 26th that the Ministry of Health recommended that the'Skycelflu Quadrivalent' and'Pakcigriphtetra' flu vaccines be temporarily stopped.



Both flu vaccines are included in the vaccines for those who died after vaccination in Korea.



In a statement the day before, the Ministry of Health and its affiliated Health Science Administration (HSA) said, "No deaths have been recorded in Singapore related to flu vaccination." Dimension”.



Information received from South Korean health authorities shows that seven flu vaccines have been given to people who have died, the Ministry of Health explained.



Of these, two types of vaccines,'Skycelflu Quadrivalent' and'Pakcigriphtetra', are available in Singapore, the health authorities added.



The HSA is currently evaluating the situation of fatalities following flu vaccination in Korea, and the Ministry of Health has issued recommendations to health care providers and medical staff to temporarily stop vaccinating both vaccines, the newspaper explained.



However, health officials say the other two flu vaccines currently in Singapore are still available.



As the causality between flu vaccine and death has not been confirmed, the Korean health authorities are in a position to continue vaccination.