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Author: Li Enci
2020-05-13 14:54
Last update date: 2020-05-13 14:54The Department of Health launched a pilot program for school outreach vaccination in October 2018 to provide eligible elementary school students with free seasonal influenza vaccination. In October 2019, the Department will normalize the plan to cover more primary schools and extend the plan to kindergartens and child care centers in a pilot format.
According to a document provided to the Legislative Council by the Food and Health Bureau, more than 390,000 children aged 6 months to under 12 were vaccinated against seasonal influenza in this school year, an increase of about 90,000 from the previous school year. The number of primary schools participating in seasonal influenza vaccine outreach activities has increased significantly in the past three years. A total of 544 primary schools participated in this school year.
The number of children vaccinated with seasonal influenza from 6 months to under 12 years of age has increased year-on-year. (Information picture / Photo by Lu Yiming)
The FH documents show that the number of primary schools participating in seasonal influenza vaccine outreach activities has increased significantly in the past three years. In the 2017/18 school year, 65 elementary schools participated, and in the 2018/19 school year it rose to 405. As for this school year, as of the 3rd of this month, a total of 544 primary schools participated.
The number of children vaccinated against seasonal influenza from 6 months to under 12 years of age also increased year-on-year. Most of them were vaccinated through the School Outreach Vaccination Pilot Program. The total number of vaccinated in the 2017/18 school year was about 150,000, and it rose to more than 300,000 in the 2018/19 school year. As of the 3rd of this month, more than 390,000 babies and school children were vaccinated.
In 2018/19, more than 98% of Primary One and Primary Six students completed the mixed vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis and inactivated polio, as well as the mixed vaccines for measles, mumps and German measles. In addition, more than 98% of Primary Six schoolchildren have also been vaccinated against hepatitis B vaccine, with a coverage rate similar to that of previous years.
The number of vaccines given to newborn babies in the hospital fell slightly. The number of infants who received BCG vaccine and the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine last year was about 52,000, which is about 1,000 less than the previous year.
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