[Kexing Vaccine Appointment] Children from six months old to three years old can be vaccinated with Sinovac vaccine from Thursday (4th), said Ye Baiqiang, clinical associate professor of the Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Sciences, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, that due to the rising base of confirmed cases in Hong Kong, children are infected Later, the number of people who need to be admitted to the intensive care unit has increased. In recent cases of children, the number of symptoms such as cramps, necrotizing encephalitis, and wheezing has increased compared with a few weeks ago. Therefore, he urged parents to make an appointment for vaccinations for their children as soon as possible. Parents themselves should also complete the three-shot vaccination as soon as possible to protect young children at home.
Cui Junming, president of the Hong Kong Society of Hospital Pharmacists, pointed out that although the vaccination data of Kexing vaccines for young children is less than that of Fubitai, many young children in the mainland have proved that the vaccines are safe and effective after vaccination, so parents can rest assured that children are vaccinated.
▼2.17 Vaccination status of children's community vaccination center in Yuanzhoujiao Gym▼
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Cui Junming of the Hospital Pharmacist Association: Many studies have proved that it is safe and effective for young children to play Kexing
Cui Junming said on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program today that although there is no international authoritative document listing the detailed data on the vaccination of young children, the research data from many countries and the vaccination of many young children in the mainland have proved that the vaccine is safe and effective. According to various "Real world data", the Science and Technology Committee believes that young children can be vaccinated with Sinovac.
Q: Why can't Dilute Forbitx vaccine be used for young children?
Cui said that Fubitai is currently divided into adult, children and infant versions of the vaccine.
The adult vaccine itself needs to be diluted with 1.8 ml of normal saline according to the regulations of the pharmaceutical company, and then used for adult vaccination.
In contrast, children's vaccines are not diluted, but 0.1 ml doses of adult vaccines are given to children.
Cui Junming, president of the Hong Kong Society of Hospital Pharmacists, pointed out, (file photo)
As for infant vaccines, they also need to be drawn into vaccines, but it is not recommended to draw 0.03 ml doses from adult vaccines.
He pointed out that at present, the least effective vaccine that the medical community can extract is 0.05 ml of vitamin K1 medicine, so it is difficult to extract a dose of 0.03 ml.
He admitted frankly that even if he can successfully extract, he is worried that the amount of extraction will affect the accuracy.
If the government cannot buy the infant version vaccine, it can buy the children version vaccine, and then extract a 0.06ml dose from the children version vaccine. I believe it will be "easy." )” He believes that the government has explained to the public the reasons for the failure to purchase children’s vaccines.
Ye Baiqiang, Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Child and Adolescent Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, HKU (Photo by Huang Wenxuan/File photo)
Ye Baiqiang said that the death rate of children infected with the new crown is much higher than that of the flu: a very large number of children need to be admitted to the ICU
Ye Baiqiang said on the same program that local data showed that among the 1,000 cases of the fifth wave of infected children requiring emergency treatment, a "very large number" of children needed to be admitted to the intensive care unit, and the mortality rate of the 1,000 cases was much higher than that of influenza. Young children under the age of 3 are at higher risk of worsening after infection than older children.
He also pointed out that after the peak of the fifth wave, the number of cases in children has declined.
However, after the start of school, the number of cases increased and the number of children with severe childhood deaths increased significantly.
He called on children under the age of 3 to be vaccinated as soon as possible, and parents should also complete the three-shot vaccination as soon as possible to protect young children at home.
▼On August 2, the number of injections at the Yenlang Community Vaccination Center was small▼
The Medical and Health Bureau lowered the injection age of Kexing to 6 months old and announced the vaccination schedule this week New crown vaccine | 6 months to 3 years old children can be vaccinated, experts refer to the difficult new crown vaccine diluted BB version of Fubitai | Children from 6 months to 3 years old can be vaccinated with Fubitai or need the support of the local dilution medicine association. Children 6 months to 3 years old can be vaccinated against the new crown vaccine. Entry quarantine is required but testing is required