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of cases of dying after being vaccinated against the flu continues to increase, mainly among the elderly in their 7-80s.
Yesterday (22nd) I told you that at this time, it was 1, but it increased to 28 in one day, and there were cases where they died just an hour after vaccination.
Reporter Yoo Su-hwan reports.
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Three deaths were reported in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province.
A woman in her 80s in Seongnam collapsed and died on the way home after getting a flu vaccine at a local clinic on the morning of the 19th.
It died only an hour after vaccination, the shortest confirmed case to date.
There have been a series of cases where a man in his 70s in Yeongdeungpo died within hours of being vaccinated, such as dying in less than 3 hours after getting an injection.
A 79-year-old man in Changwon, Gyeongnam, was found dead at home two days after getting the flu vaccine.
The injection site was found to be red and swollen and painful.
Four people died in Gyeongnam, of which three men in their 70s all received the vaccine from the same manufacturer.
In Gyeongbuk as well, a 76-year-old woman, who usually suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure, died after one day of vaccination. Four flu vaccine-related deaths were reported in one day.
[Kim Jin-hyun/Director of Welfare and Health Bureau of Gyeongbuk Provincial Office: What will happen if adults miss an opportunity? I am worried about those who are not in good health.
.] The number of
flu vaccine-related deaths increased by 19 in a day to 28 in total.
The outbreak area has also expanded to all regions except for Chungbuk, Ulsan, and Busan.
Excluding Incheon high school students and women in their 50s who received paid vaccination, the focus was on the elderly in their 7-80s, but most of them have an underlying disease.