Daejeon Octogenarian Dies the Day Before, Not on the Day of, Influenza Vaccination

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] It has been investigated that the 80-year-old who reportedly died five hours after receiving a flu vaccine in Daejeon was vaccinated not on the 20th as initially reported, but on the 19th.

According to health and investigative authorities on the 21st, Mr. A, an octogenarian residing in Gwanjeo-dong, Seo-gu, visited a local internal medicine clinic at around 8:55 a.m. on the 19th. Mr. A received the flu vaccine at around 9 a.m. and left the clinic about 10 minutes later. Previously, the city health authorities announced that Mr. A was vaccinated at around 10 a.m. on the 20th and died five hours later at around 3 p.m.

The vaccine Mr. A received was confirmed to be Korea Vaccine's Cobax Influenza 4 PF Injection (PT200801). This vaccine was investigated and found not to be a product with efficacy concerns due to exposure to room temperature or containing white particles. The lot number PT200801, a manufacturing serial number larger than individual product numbers, was distributed with 74,010 doses in Daejeon, and a total of 23,489 people received this vaccine.

At the internal medicine clinic where Mr. A was vaccinated, 32 additional people were vaccinated, but all were monitored to be in normal condition.

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