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Written by: Li Ziming
2020-11-10 08:00
Last update date: 2020-11-10 08:00
In South Korea, there were cases of death after influenza vaccination. The vaccine produced by the pharmaceutical company Sanofi (France) was also one of the vaccine suppliers in Hong Kong. Afterwards, although the pharmaceutical company has clarified and supplied batches to South Korea It is only for the South Korean market, which is different from the batch used in Hong Kong, but the parents in Hong Kong have lost their confidence!
Many parents refused to vaccinate after learning that the school’s participation in the vaccination plan was to use Sanofi’s vaccine. This caused the city to face a surge in demand for another pharmaceutical company’s vaccine, GlaxoSmithKline Co., Ltd. (GSK). Needles are hard to find.
Doctors point out that 50% of parents withdraw from Sanofi, parents can consider the other three alternatives
General practitioner Zhong Weijie also participated in the "2020/21 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine School Outreach (Free)" this year. He said that primary school vaccines are provided by the Department of Health, while kindergartens are funded by the government and the medical institutions selected by the school procure the vaccines. However, due to deaths after vaccination in South Korea, kindergarten parents who participated in the free influenza vaccination service and used Sanofi vaccine have retreated. Dr. Chung pointed out that in the mildest case, 20% of the vaccination was cancelled, and nearly 50% of the serious cases. to make.
A parent with a daughter who is studying in kindergarten K3 said that the school had distributed the flu vaccination consent form in September, signed and returned it to the school. It was originally scheduled to be vaccinated in mid-November, but recently the school issued another notice referring to the medical institution responsible for the injection. As the GlaxoSmithKline Co., Ltd. (GSK) pharmaceutical company drastically reduced the dose ordered by the medical service, the flu vaccine was insufficient, so the injection date was postponed to early December and the nasal spray vaccine was used.
Related notices issued by the school:
Dr. Zhong Weijie pointed out: "The Sanofi incident has greatly increased the demand for GlaxoSmithKline Co., Ltd. (GSK) vaccines. There are more parents’ inquiries. As far as I know, GSK Co., Ltd. (GSK) vaccines will not be available. New products are available. At present, apart from Sanofi in Hong Kong, the only choices available to everyone are GSK, Abbott, and attenuated flu vaccine nasal spray."
Sanofi vaccines can still be considered for kindergartens difficult to transfer injections
Since the vaccines that provide free influenza vaccination services in kindergartens are the responsibility of medical institutions, those who plan to receive Sanofi vaccines can discuss with the medical institutions if they want to transfer the injections. However, due to the shortage of vaccines, I believe there is little chance of success.
Dr. Chung pointed out that the government has also suggested that kindergartens can switch to nasal spray vaccine, but due to the need to re-process the notice and other clerical issues, not many kindergartens have yet to implement it.
Dr. Chung believes that parents should not worry too much about the safety of Sanofi vaccine. First, the pharmaceutical manufacturer has pointed out that the batch in Hong Kong is different from South Korea. Second, the incident in South Korea may not be directly related to the vaccine. Dr. Chung said: "In fact, if you understand the ins and outs, The incident has nothing to do with vaccine safety. South Korea received a total of about 10 million doses of influenza vaccine, and the death toll was less than 100. Most of the deaths were elderly and people with chronic illnesses. At present, they can only be said to be vaccinated. He died after being vaccinated, but there is no evidence that he died as a result of vaccination, and he was also vaccinated with Sanofi.”
Because of the above reasons, under the double impact of the new crown pneumonia and winter flu, in order to protect the health of children, Dr. Zhong suggested that if there is a needle, it is also recommended to inject as soon as possible.
There is no accident for a total of 500,000 doses in various vaccination programs
As of November 1, the "Government Vaccination Program" and "Vaccination Subsidy Program" have received approximately 139,400 and 305,500 doses of seasonal influenza vaccine respectively.
Together with the "Seasonal Flu Vaccine School Outreach (Free)-Primary School" and "Seasonal Flu Vaccine School Outreach (Free)-Kindergarten/Kindergarten-cum-Child Care Center/Child Care Center" about 27,700 and 29,900 doses of influenza vaccine, each A total of about 502,500 doses of seasonal influenza vaccines will be vaccinated under the plan, an increase of about 45% over the same period in 2019/20.
The Department of Health has so far received no reports of serious adverse events after influenza vaccination.
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