China News Service, October 27. According to a report by Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao, based on successive cases of deaths after influenza vaccination in South Korea, Singapore’s health department issued a statement on the 25th that the country has suspended the use of two influenza vaccines used in South Korea.
According to reports, the Ministry of Health of Singapore issued a statement stating that it has recommended that two influenza vaccines, SKYCellflu Quadrivalent and VaxigripTetra, be suspended.
The Ministry of Health also confirmed that there are currently no deaths after flu vaccination in Singapore.
At the same time, the Singapore Armed Forces also announced that it will suspend the annual influenza vaccination campaign.
Some members of the armed forces have been notified on the 24th that the armed forces are suspending vaccination activities for safety reasons. Armed forces personnel who should have been vaccinated should be deferred.
According to reports, the suspension of vaccination by the armed forces is also based on the latest recommendations of the Ministry of Health.
The authorities have not announced when the annual influenza vaccination campaign will resume. It is not clear how many members of the armed forces have been affected.
The Korean Disease Management Agency said on the 26th that as of 0:00 local time, a total of 59 people had died after being vaccinated against influenza.
After analyzing the cause of death of the deceased, the Korean Agency for Disease Control believed that the correlation between death and vaccination was very low, and decided to continue vaccination as planned.