As a precaution, Senior Director of Pharmaceutical Services Datin Dr Faridah Aryani Md Yusof advised medical practitioners to temporarily halt the use of the two influenza vaccines until further information could be obtained by the ministry. — Reuters pic

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — The Health Ministry has announced today it has temporarily halted the use of two influenza vaccines — SKYCellflu Quadrivalent and Vaxigrip Tetra — as a precautionary measure after at least four dozen people who received them in South Korea reportedly died.