> Sanofi, SK flu shots halted in Singapore as South Korea post-vaccination > deaths climb to 59 > https://www.fiercepharma.com/vaccines/sanofi-sk-flu-shots-halted-singapore-as-south-korea-post-vaccination-deaths-climb-to-59
> by Angus Liu <https://www.fiercepharma.com/author/angus-liu> | Fierce > Pharma, > Oct 26, 2020 10:26am > Singapore hit pause on vaccination with two flu shots also available in > South Korea, from SK Bioscience and Sanofi Pasteur, after reports of deaths > there. > Share > <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fiercepharma.com%2Fvaccines%2Fsanofi-sk-flu-shots-halted-singapore-as-south-korea-post-vaccination-deaths-climb-to-59&title=Sanofi%2C%20SK%20flu%20shots%20halted%20in%20Singapore%20as%20South%20Korea%20post-vaccination%20deaths%20climb%20to%2059> > Facebook <https://www.fiercepharma.com/#facebook>Twitter > <https://www.fiercepharma.com/#twitter>LinkedIn > <https://www.fiercepharma.com/#linkedin>Email > <https://www.fiercepharma.com/#email>Print > <https://www.fiercepharma.com/#print> > > Deaths after flu vaccination keep rising in South Korea. But as local > health authorities work to calm concerned citizens by refuting a connection > between the two, a fellow Asian country has taken > the precautionary measure of suspending two shots given to people who later > died. > > Singapore has temporarily pulled its backing for SK Bioscience’s > SKYCellflu Quadrivalent and Sanofi Pasteur’s VaxigripTetra, the Ministry of > Health said > <https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/temporary-cessation-of-use-of-two-influenza-vaccines> > Sunday. > Among the seven brands administered to people who died in South Korea, > these two are the only ones also available in Singapore. > > Healthcare providers can still use two other flu shots sold in Singapore, > and the agency said it will continue to monitor the situation and keep in > touch with South Korean authorities.As of Monday, at least 59 people, > mostly in their 70s and 80s, have died in South Korea following flu > vaccination, up from 46 Saturday. That’s among more than 14.7 million > people who have been inoculated this season. > > Last year, more than 1,500 elderly people died within seven days of taking > flu vaccines—deaths that were not linked to immunization, the government > said, according to Reuters > <https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-southkorea-flushot/south-korea-urges-people-to-get-flu-shots-trust-its-steps-on-health-idUKKBN27B08S>. > Old people and young children in South Korea are eligible for free > inoculations under a national scheme. > > The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDAC) said Thursday that > it had not found a link between the deaths and the flu shots, asking > citizens to continue with vaccinations. > > In a statement to Fierce Pharma on Monday, a Sanofi spokesperson pointed > to KDCA’s investigation, stressing that the agency's probe has confirmed no > link between vaccines and the deaths. > > Korean officials are also trying to persuade an increasingly anxious > public that the vaccines are safe, and that the benefits of vaccination far > outweigh any side effects. > > “Do trust the health authorities’ conclusion...reached after a review with > experts,” President Moon Jae-in said at a meeting, as quoted by Reuters. > “There is a need to expand the influenza vaccination this year not only to > prevent the flu, but also to ward off concurrent infection and spread of > flu and COVID-19.” > > Other than some normally mild side effects, such as injection site > reactions, flu vaccines may cause dangerous allergic shock in some people. > But as is the case with a person who’s allergic to peanuts and accidentally > eats one, such allergic reactions to vaccines happen within minutes. No > such case has been reported in South Korea, the local government said, per > Reuters. > --- Support News from Underground: https://bit.ly/NFUSupport Visit News from Underground: https://markcrispinmiller.com You received this email because you are subscribed to News from Underground. To unsubscribe from this email list, please go to: http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=pIdjNUgiG2h8yxbhC54SSy4SEskAoEMs For archives, please go to: https://archives.simplelists.com/nfu
