Hong Kong is approaching the winter flu season, but vaccination rates among most age groups remain below the 70 per cent threshold needed for herd immunity, a leading government medical adviser has warned. David Hui Shu-cheong, chairman of the government’s scientific committee on emerging and zoonotic diseases, on Saturday reminded the public to get vaccinated … Read more
Hong Kong’s winter flu season is expected to peak in early February, a respiratory disease expert has predicted, with 15 deaths in the second week of January confirmed to be people infected with influenza. David Hui Shu-cheong, a professor of respiratory medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, called for more residents to get … Read more
An unvaccinated four-year-old child has been admitted to an intensive care unit with flu and a pneumococcal infection, Hong Kong’s health minister has said, stepping up pressure on schools to join the city’s vaccination drive. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau also stressed that the pupil’s school had not arranged for on-site flu vaccinations offered by … Read more