The Corona 19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team said that one inoculated person who received the AstraZeneca vaccine and reported fever symptoms died yesterday (on the 13th).
The promotion team explained, "This is a case of suspected adverse reactions after vaccination, and the causality has not been confirmed."
Specific information such as the age of the deceased, the date of vaccination, the time taken to death after vaccination, actions after reporting adverse reactions, and the presence of underlying diseases will be disclosed through the afternoon data.
The number of cases reported to have died after being vaccinated against the Corona 19 vaccine in Korea has increased to a total of 16 so far.
The authorities said that it was tentatively determined that the causality between vaccination and death was difficult to be recognized for the eight patients who had completed the first round of death cases, but the results of the epidemiological investigation on the remaining reported cases will be released tomorrow (15th).