SINGAPORE, KOMPAS.com – For the time being, Singapore decided to stop using two vaccine flu, SKYCellflu Quadrivalent dan VaxigripTetra.
The step was taken after several people were on South Korea who receive vaccine the died world.
Reporting from Reuters, Monday (26/10/2020), the decision made Singapore one of the countries that announced the use of vaccines openly.
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Meanwhile, South Korea reported that 48 people died on Saturday (10/24/2020) after receiving influenza vaccination.
However, South Korea said it would continue the vaccination program.
That’s because they found no direct correlation between these deaths and the influenza vaccine injection.
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To date, there have been no reports of deaths in Singapore related to influenza vaccination.
However, Singapore’s Ministry of Health and Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said in a statement on Sunday night (25/10/2020) that the decision to stop using the two influenza vaccines was a precautionary measure.
The HSA contacted South Korean authorities for more information to determine whether the deaths were linked to influenza vaccinations.
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SKYCellflu Quadrivalent is produced by SK Bioscience from South Korea and distributed locally by AJ Biologics.
Meanwhile, VaxigripTetra is produced by Sanofi and distributed locally by Sanofi Aventis.
Meanwhile, two other influenza vaccines that have been brought to Singapore can still be used.
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