Questions about the safety of the latest flu vaccine have arisen after five people in South Korea died shortly after receiving the vaccine.
While health officials denied any connection to the vaccine, authorities still opened an investigation. The country’s rollout of the national vaccine program had been suspended earlier over safety concerns that about 5 million flu vaccine doses had not been properly stored during transport.
So far, South Korea has reported around 350 adverse reactions, including the five deaths, to this year’s flu vaccine. Authorities are also concerned about the public’s waning trust in vaccines of any kind. In a recent poll, a whopping 62% said they would not get the new COVID-19 vaccine right away.