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flu vaccine was exposed to room temperature and free vaccination was stopped, voices of concern about the vaccine itself and the lack of vaccine have also been voiced.
The authorities are testing to see if the vaccines in question can be re-vaccinated, and among those who are eligible for free vaccinations, there are increasing numbers of people who will be given my money first.
Reporter Nam Joo-hyun reports.
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A pediatric hospital in Seoul stopped free vaccinations because some flu vaccines were exposed to room temperature.
[Vaccination child caregiver: I think there will be another problem later, so I think the health of the child is more important than the cost, so I want to pay for it.]
Each hospital pays more attention to the delivery and storage of the vaccine.
In some cases, a temperature recorder may be requested to reduce the internal temperature of the refrigerated vehicle loaded with the vaccine every 10 minutes.
[Kim Soo-hyun/Severance Hospital Pharmaceutical Affairs Team Leader: During the delivery process, I was worried about the risk of whether the temperature of the drug would be guaranteed.] The
KCDC delivered some of the 5 million vaccines that may have been exposed to room temperature during the delivery process. I collected it and asked the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for inspection yesterday.
The test takes 2 weeks, but if there is no problem, the vaccination is resumed.
Experts point out that in order to get the vaccine on schedule, it is necessary to have a system that monitors the effects or side effects first.
[Ki-Jong Hong/Publishing Director of the Korean Vaccine Society: If there is a system that can identify who and who are working well without side effects or problems for those people after a month or two…
.]
In addition, when the vaccination is resumed, it is necessary to fully explain that the vaccine is a problem for the recipient and its safety.