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South Korea's mass immunization campaign is picking up pace amid safety 

concerns.While no direct link is found, three more post-vaccination deaths

reported, all of them AstraZeneca's. 

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Anchor: South Korea's mass immunization campaign is picking up pace 

amid safety concerns While no direct link is found, three more post-vaccination

deaths reported, all of them AstraZeneca's Authorities are following up with

meticulous investigations.In Germany, there's a changing stance on the 

AstraZeneca vaccine, allowing over-65s to receive the jab, claiming recent 

studies provided enough data.Kim Dami has our top story.

Reporter: Three more AstraZeneca vaccine recipients died on Thursday, 

two were in their 50s and one was in their 20s. Both of those in their 50s 

were patients at nursing hospitals in Jeollabuk-do Province and had underlying 

conditions.... cardiovascular disease and diabetes. While the first patient

died two days after getting the shot, the second person died just one day after. 

The person in their 20s, who suffered from epilepsy, died at a nursing hospital in

the city of Daejeon... two days after being given the vaccine. This brings the

country's total vaccine deaths to five. While health authorities believe there is no

causal effect, the country's Prime Minister has vowed for a full investigation. 

Chung Sye-Kyun: "The government will thoroughly investigate the deaths and 

openly share the results. So please believe in the government and get your 

vaccine shots." Reporter: 515 new cases of AstraZeneca vaccine side effects

were filed on Thursday, raising the total to 722. But the country's nationwide 

vaccination program continues... with patients and medical staff at hosptials 

designated by the health ministry to treat people in critical condition. 

The President of Seoul National University Hospital, Kim Yon-su,...

who got the hospital's very first jab, reassures people that there is no

reason to be particularly concerned.Meanwhile, COVID-19 variant cases 

continue to pop up, though most are being identified in people arriving from 

overseas. The country added six more variant cases on Thursday, five from 

abroad and one domestic infection, making a total of 162. Kim Dami, Arirang News.

Questions: 

1. Detail the concern regarding the mass immunization campaign in South Korea? 

2. Which Pharmaceutical company the vaccine is from? 

    Who are the recipients died from the vaccine? 

3. Retell what the South Korea’s Prime minister regarding the deaths of the 

   recipients.