Two Deaths Reported After Flu Vaccinations on the 21st in Gyeonggi-do View original image


[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Following Incheon, Jeonbuk Gochang, Daejeon, Jeju, and Daegu, two deaths occurred on the 21st after flu vaccinations in Gyeonggi Province.


An official from the Gyeonggi Province health authorities stated, "Reports have come in that two people died: one Seoul citizen vaccinated at Gwangmyeong City Health Center and another vaccinated at Goyang City Health Center," adding, "However, no causal relationship between the cause of death and the flu vaccination has been confirmed."


The death incidents after flu vaccination were triggered on the 16th in Incheon, where a 17-year-old high school student who received a free vaccine died.


Subsequently, on the 20th, a woman in her 70s in Gochang, Jeonbuk, and a man in his 80s in Daejeon died respectively after receiving the flu vaccine. Mr. A, a man in his 60s who died in Jeju, was a recipient of the national free vaccination program and received a free flu vaccination at a private medical institution in Jeju City around 9 a.m. on the 19th.



Mr. A (78), a man residing in Dong-gu, Daegu, also died after receiving a flu vaccination on the 21st.


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