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Health authorities announced the results of an investigation that the quality of the flu vaccine, which was exposed to room temperature during the distribution process, caused problems.
Free vaccinations will also resume from the 12th of next Monday.
This is reporter Kim Hyung-rae.
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Health authorities first said that exposure to room temperature was confirmed in vaccine distribution vehicles that went down to Yeong, Honam and Jeju.
In Honam, it was confirmed that an 11-ton vehicle placed the vaccine on the floor of an outdoor parking lot and distributed it to a 1-ton vehicle.
In this process, 196 times, the specified temperature is out of 2 to 8 degrees
[Gimsangbong / KFDA bio herbal Director: average transit time outside of the standards is 88 minutes first thing one ton vehicle was identified records out of 800 minutes optimal temperature]
, but health authorities all the problems vaccines Did not recover.
Only 480,000 deliveries were collected, such as an unconfirmed quantity and a vaccine exposed to room temperature for more than 13 hours after being transported individually.
This is because a sample survey conducted by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety revealed that there was no abnormality in the quality of the vaccine exposed to room temperature within 24 hours.
However, the anxiety about vaccines remains.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said that more than 3,000 people have already been vaccinated against exposure to room temperature, and that some of the 480,000 doses that have been determined have been vaccinated.
Health officials say that once they have concluded that there are no problems with safety, they will resume free vaccinations for adolescents and pregnant women between the ages of 13 and 18 starting on the 12th.