Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases updates recommendations on use of meningococcal vaccinesTravellers should seek professional advice from doctors for meningococcal vaccination. Doctors will take into account their age, health conditions, and details of the journeys (including destination, duration and activities) when giving the vaccination advice. In addition, the aforementioned three categories of individuals with immunodeficiency and relevant laboratory workers should seek advice from doctors for meningococcal vaccination as appropriate based on their underlying medical conditions and the risk of occupational exposure respectively.
The SCVPD will continue to monitor the scientific evidence, local epidemiology and recommendations from the WHO and overseas authorities, to review the recommendations on the use of meningococcal vaccinations from a public health perspective as appropriate.
The recommendations of the SCVPD have been uploaded to the CHP websiteIssued at HKT 12:40
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