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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) has temporarily suspended the national influenza vaccination, which began on the 8th, from today (22nd).

Vaccines need to be distributed refrigerated, but because of a problem in this process, we will stop vaccination and verify the quality.



This is Nam Joo-hyun.



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Flu vaccinations for teenagers aged 13 to 18, who were scheduled to be vaccinated from today, have been temporarily suspended.



The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it received reports that some of the vaccines supplied to medical institutions were not refrigerated during distribution and were exposed to room temperature.



He explained that out of the 12.59 million doses of the national procurement contract, it was part of the 5 million doses already supplied to medical institutions.



[Jeong Eun-kyung/Director of Disease Management Administration: It is judged that the refrigeration car went and redistributed it by region, and in the process of rearrangement, it was partially exposed to



room temperature

.]

The amount of time exposed to room temperature, whether the vaccine efficacy fell, and whether to discard it He said he should investigate further.



The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) stopped all national vaccinations for pregnant women, 13 to 18 years old, and those who were previously vaccinated twice.



It means that we will resume vaccination after the KFDA verifies the quality of the vaccine that has already been supplied.



However, 118,000 children under the age of 9 from 6 months of age at the beginning of this month are expected to have no problems with the vaccine.



This is because the distribution channels of vaccines differ depending on the target of the vaccination.



The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said that paid vaccinations are still in progress, and that it will try to ensure that the vaccination schedule for the age of 62 or older, scheduled for next month, proceeds as planned.