The government says it's found no direct link between the deaths and vaccines.

But the Korean Medical Association, an influential group of doctors, urged the government to hold inoculation programs for now in a bid to alleviate public concerns and ensure the vaccines were safe.

Kim Chong, in, leader of the main opposition People Power Party, also wants the program halted until the causes of the deaths were verified.

The career Disease Control and Prevention Agency says that at least 22 of the dead, including a 17 year old boy, were part of a campaign to immunize 19 million teenagers and senior citizens for frayed.

South Korea ordered 1/5 more flu vaccines this year to ward off what it calls a twin Dimmick all the prospect that people with flu developed coronavirus complications and overburden hospitals in winter.

The free program has proved controversial since it began last month.

The launch has been suspended for three weeks after the discovery that about five million doses were kept at room temperature rather than being refrigerated as required.

Officials said 8.3 million people had been inoculated since the program resumed last week, with only about 350 adverse reactions reported.