Early childhood education survey: 50% of parents expect their children to receive nasal spray and flu vaccine to encourage the government to purchase more options

Entering the season of flu vaccine injection, flu shots can be divided into injections and nasal spray vaccines.

A survey found that half of the parents interviewed in kindergartens preferred the nasal spray vaccine. The kindergarten industry stated that the government purchased only 30,000 doses of the nasal spray vaccine for 180,000 children in Hong Kong, and the amount of injections was seriously insufficient. It also requested the government to allow parents to choose injections for their children. Way.

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The Hong Kong Association of Early Childhood Educators interviewed 111 kindergarten teachers and 74 parents in May this year. 58.6% of the teachers believed that injection vaccines would require a lot of manpower and time to appease school children, and 49.5% were worried about schoolchildren’s injuries; only 10.8% of family members were interested in injection vaccines and wanted to choose There are 50% of the nasal spray vaccines.

The president of the association, Zhou Huizhen, welcomed the government to purchase flu vaccines for kindergartens this year, but failed to choose a nasal spray vaccine, and urged the government to let parents choose. There are 180,000 young children in Hong Kong. Among the 300,000 doses of flu vaccine ordered by the government, nasal spray The vaccine accounts for only 30,000 doses.

Cui Junming, president of the Hong Kong Institute of Hospital Pharmacists, said that the nasal spray vaccine is suitable for healthy and non-pregnant people aged 2 to 49. The nasal spray vaccine can reduce the pain of injections.

Hong Fanyi, a clinical professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, pointed out that in the past two years, everyone in Hong Kong has worn masks. There has been no large-scale influenza outbreak. Community antibodies have been very low. If this year is combined with the fifth wave of the new coronavirus outbreak, the situation is quite serious.

As for the nasal spray vaccine developed by the University of Hong Kong, it can also protect against new coronaviruses and influenza viruses. Kong Fanyi said that he has completed the first phase of clinical testing. He believes that there will be a nasal spray vaccine for the new coronavirus in three years, and there will be three more years of improved vaccines. And defend against influenza virus.

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