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Probe into lame boy after swine flu jab
VACCINATION authorities in a south China city are closely monitoring a 10-year-old boy to find out why he lost the use of his left leg after a swine flu jab.
It is too early to say if the vaccine had triggered the illness, because normally adverse reactions occur within two hours and affect the whole body rather than just one limb, an official with Guangzhou Disease Control & Prevention Center told today's Nanfang Metropolis Daily.
Besides, none of the hundreds of other pupils who were also vaccinated showed any adverse reaction, he added.
Xian Weijian, a primary pupil in Baiyun District, was vaccinated around 10am on Monday at his school with other students. Later that night he couldn't stand or walk on his left leg, which led his parents to question the vaccine's quality, the report said.
He was sent to a hospital where doctors found no problems with his bone. More examinations are being conducted to determine the cause of his illness.
But the parents admitted Xian had coughed slightly before getting the jab, which doctors said could have triggered some adverse reaction.
A Guangzhou Disease Control & Prevention Center official said the vaccines were freshly produced.
Meanwhile, a citizen surnamed Li complained to Guangzhou's Mayor Zhang Guangning yesterday morning that her 15-year-old son had become paralyzed below his chest after a swine flu jab on December 10 last year.
The boy had been healthy and a part-time taekwondo coach.
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