The head of a paediatric infectious diseases unit at a Hong Kong public hospital has said his ward is now full of young, unvaccinated Covid-19 patients, urging parents to get their children inoculated to prevent severe symptoms. Mike Kwan Yat-wah and another medical expert said on Saturday that they expected the current wave of infections,…
The head of a paediatric infectious diseases unit at a Hong Kong public hospital has said his ward is now full of young, unvaccinated Covid-19 patients, urging parents to get their children inoculated to prevent severe symptoms. Mike Kwan Yat-wah warned on Saturday that the number of children with Covid-19 had risen significantly recently. “As…
Hong Kong health authorities have recorded 30 Covid-19-related deaths among 81 severe adult cases in the past four weeks, with the proportion of positive respiratory samples in the same period reaching this year’s peak. But experts have said the overall impact of the virus is weaker than in the past, while there is no evidence…
Hong Kong health experts have called for older residents to get at least one Covid-19 booster shot annually after the city recorded 10 coronavirus-related deaths in one month, with fewer than 100,000 vaccine doses given to those aged 50 and above over the past year. A total of 98,049 doses of vaccines were administered to…
Hong Kong health experts have called for older residents to get at least one Covid-19 booster shot annually after the city recorded 10 coronavirus-related deaths in one month, with fewer than 100,000 vaccine doses given to those aged 50 and above over the past year. A total of 98,049 doses of vaccines were administered to…
About 90 per cent of Hongkongers at high risk of severe illness from Covid-19 are more than a year from their last vaccination, a newly formed concern group has found, as it urged residents to get inoculated against the disease before the winter flu season. The Covid-19 Public Health Concern Group also said on Sunday…
Hong Kong residents’ willingness in taking the latest Covid-19 vaccine is lower than in Singapore, but higher compared with other Asian markets, according to a new survey by US pharmaceutical giant Moderna, which called on vulnerable groups to get inoculated. Moderna found 52 per cent of Hong Kong respondents said they were willing to get…
Hong Kong’s winter flu season may start as early as December and have twin peaks driven by different strains, similar to a phenomenon that happened during the previous one earlier this year, a top infectious disease expert has warned. Professor Ivan Hung Fan-ngai, chair professor of infectious diseases at the University of Hong Kong, said…