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Government calls on public to receive seasonal influenza vaccination early (with photos)

The Chief Executive, Mr C Y Leung, today (December 14) received seasonal influenza vaccination together with five Principal Officials, appealing to the public to get prepared for the winter influenza peak season, including receiving seasonal influenza vaccination and maintaining personal, hand and environmental hygiene.

The five Principal Officials are the Acting Financial Secretary, Professor K C Chan; the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung; the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Raymond Tam; the Secretary for Security, Mr Lai Tung-kwok; and the Secretary for Innovation and Technology, Mr Nicholas W Yang.

The Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, was also present at the vaccination activity. He said, "To safeguard public health, the Government has expanded the scope of 2016/2017 Vaccination Subsidy Scheme and Government Vaccination Programme to boost the vaccination coverage. While free or subsidised flu vaccination is provided for children aged six months to under 12 years and Disability Allowance recipients, all pregnant women can also receive subsidised flu vaccination. As at December 11, about 491 000 doses of seasonal influenza vaccines have been administered via the two programmes."

Earlier, Dr Ko and the Under Secretary for Food and Health, Professor Sophia Chan, respectively visited Ha Kwai Chung General Out-patient Clinic and Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital to encourage members of the public and healthcare staff to receive flu vaccination. They also received the vaccination during their visits.

Ends/Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Issued at HKT 13:53
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