President Moon: "Flu Vaccinations Must Be Further Expanded... Please Trust Experts and Health Authorities"

"Vaccination-Death, No Direct Causal Relationship"
"Excessive Anxiety May Cause Missed Timely Vaccination"

President Moon Jae-in is presiding over the senior secretaries and aides meeting at the Blue House on the 26th.

President Moon Jae-in said on the 26th, "This year, it is necessary to further expand flu vaccinations not only to prevent the flu but also to prevent simultaneous infection and simultaneous spread of the flu and the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)."

During the senior secretaries and aides meeting held at the Blue House that day, President Moon stated in his opening remarks, "I hope that excessive anxiety does not cause people to miss timely vaccinations, which could lead to a greater risk of contracting the flu, which has a considerably high fatality rate."

President Moon urged, "Please trust the conclusions and announcements made by the health authorities after reviewing the flu vaccine together with experts."

He emphasized, "Based on autopsies and comprehensive assessments of the reported cases so far, it has been confirmed that there is no direct causal relationship between death and vaccination."

Furthermore, President Moon requested, "I hope the health authorities will make every effort to prevent unnecessary public anxiety by promptly conducting tests and transparently disclosing results for reported deaths, as well as by comparing the current status of deaths following vaccination with last year's cases and those from other countries."