S. Korea: Boy’s death not linked to flu shot

Double whammy: South Korea ordered 20% more flu vaccines this year to ward off what it calls a ‘twindemic’ of concurrent major flu and Covid-19 outbreaks in winter. — AP

SEOUL: South Korea’s forensic agency has found no links between a 17-year-old boy’s death and a flu shot he had taken, the Yonhap news agency reported, amid rising concerns about the safety of the vaccines following the death of at least 32 people.

The boy was among the first reported to have died as part of a government campaign to vaccinate about 30 million of a population of 52 million to prevent coronavirus complications.