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SFH on childhood 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine booster vaccination programme

Following is the transcript of remarks made by the Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, after officiating at the opening ceremony of the Centenary Conference of Government Laboratory this morning (December 2):

Secretary for Food and Health: In these one or two days, the Hospital Authority will start providing (free 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine) to paediatric patients who have higher risks according to clinical assessment. These children mainly belong to groups who might have certain diseases causing a compromise of their immune system. The Hospital Authority will make arrangement in accordance with their originally scheduled follow-up consultation sessions. For those (patients) who have to wait for a longer time for their originally scheduled follow-up (consultation), a separate arrangement will be made by the Hospital Authority.

(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)

Ends/Monday, December 2, 2013
Issued at HKT 16:16

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