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...Influenza is an acute illness of the respiratory tract caused by influenza viruses. Seasonal Influenza Vaccination (SIV) is one of the effective means in preventing influenza and its complications together with reduction in influenza-associated hospitalisation and death. Given that the SIV offers...
Publish Date: 2024-09-19
...Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases Recommendations on Seasonal Influenza Vaccination for the 2009/10 Season Introduction Influenza is a common viral illness. It usually presents with fever, sore throat, cough, and malaise and the illness may last for about a week. Influenza...
Publish Date: 2013-01-16
...Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases Recommendations on Seasonal Influenza Vaccination for the 2010/11 Season Introduction Influenza is a common viral illness. It usually presents with fever, sore throat, cough, and malaise and the illness may last for about a week. Influenza...
Publish Date: 2013-01-17
...Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases Recommendations on Seasonal Influenza Vaccination for the 2011/12 Season Introduction Influenza is a common viral illness. It usually presents with fever, sore throat, cough, and malaise and the illness may last for about a week. Influenza...
Publish Date: 2013-01-17
...Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases Recommendations on Seasonal Influenza Vaccination for the 2012/13 Season Introduction Seasonal influenza causes a significant disease burden in Hong Kong. Since 2004, the Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases (SCVPD) has reviewed...
Publish Date: 2013-05-14
...Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases Recommendations on Seasonal Influenza Vaccination for the 2013/14 Season Introduction Seasonal influenza causes a significant disease burden in Hong Kong. Since 2004, the Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases (SCVPD) has been...
Publish Date: 2013-07-29
...The Department of Health (DH) announced today (March 30) that in view of the recent increase in seasonal influenza activity, seasonal influenza vaccination under the Government Vaccination Programme (GVP), Elderly Vaccination Subsidy Scheme (EVSS) and Childhood Influenza Vaccination Subsidy Scheme...
Publish Date: 2010-03-30
...Seasonal Influenza Vaccination & Pneumococcal Vaccination Arrangement for 2023/24 1 Story of Life‐saving Jabs 2 3 First vaccine – small pox vaccine Key to Success of smallpox vaccination programmes – HIGH COVERAGE 4 Pneumococcal Vaccines Rates of invasive pneumococcal disease among children under 5...
Publish Date: 2023-09-11
...Briefing Session on Recommendations on Seasonal Influenza Vaccination and Pneumococcal Vaccination, Vaccination Subsidy Scheme (VSS) 2023/24 and Elderly Health Care Voucher Scheme (HCVS) July 2023 (Updated on 22 November 2023) 2 Updates on Seasonal Influenza Vaccination and Pneumococcal Vaccination...
Publish Date: 2023-11-20
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Why is seasonal influenza
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Influenza is an infectious disease caused by
various types of influenza virus. The disease
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Publish Date: 2015-10-08
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