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More than 1,300 South Koreans have been injected with potentially defective influenza vaccines.
As of Wednesday, a total of 1,362 people received vaccines that should not have been administered after being exposed to room temperature, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
The figure marked a hike of 489 from Tuesday.
Those who received the mishandled flu shots included 122 patients in nursing homes in the city of Incheon, just west of Seoul.
The KDCA also informed that three people died after getting vaccinated, but stressed the causes of death were their worsened underlying health conditions.
An ongoing study on the safety of the exposed vaccines is expected to wrap up early next week.
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