South Korea announced on Monday that it found no association between eight recent deaths and the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, according to a report.
“We provisionally concluded that it was difficult to establish any connection between his adverse reaction after vaccination and his deaths,” said Jeong Eun-kyeong, director of the Korean Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), during a news conference, to Reuters. The deaths occurred in individuals with underlying medical conditions.
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More than 316,800 people in South Korea received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, with priority for vulnerable essential workers and residents of nursing homes, among others. Adults over 65 have not received the AstraZeneca vaccine because of a lack of efficacy data, although Jeong said that new recommendations now advise inoculating this age group. A final KDCA decision is expected soon, the agency said.
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The news comes at a time when groups of infections appear in foreign workers, with almost 100,000 workers forced to undergo tests.
“Their work environment and community housing increase the risk of infection, but it is difficult to find patients early because of their limited access to medical resources and tests, and the issue of staying illegally,” Jeong told Reuters.